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detect Definition

de·tect (dē tekt′, di-)

transitive verb

  1. to catch or discover, as in a misdeed
  2. to discover or manage to perceive (something hidden or not easily noticed) to detect a flaw in an argument
  3. Radio
    1. rectify (sense )
    2. demodulate
  4. Obsolete to uncover; reveal

Etymology: ME detecten < L detectus, pp. of detegere, to uncover < de-, from + tegere, to cover: see thatch

detect Related Forms

de·tect′·able adjective or de·tect′·ible

detect Synonyms

detect

v.

  1. To find out

    distinguish, recognize, identify; see discover.

  2. To identify a criminal

    disclose, expose, catch; see expose 1.

detect Usage Examples

Object

  • abnormality: Medical success in detecting abnormalities leads to such severe distress that many have questioned the value of such tests.
  • presence: In the study 21 practitioners detected the presence of a human hand behind a screen less than 50 % of the time.
  • fraud: Gedling Boro Council will seek to prevent, deter and detect fraud wherever possible.
  • plagiarism: Application of University procedures for dealing with detected plagiarism For more information see the Project Proposal.
  • crime: IMPACT The IMPACT Program aims to improve the ability of the police service to manage and share information to prevent and detect crime.
  • antibody: However, we do not know that the levels of antibodies detected are actually protective levels.

Subject

  • sensor: The X-rays pass through your body and are detected by electronic sensors on the other side of the gantry.
  • radar: The UFO was observer by Ground Observer Corps volunteers and also detected by radar.

Modifying Another Word

  • reliably: Only one of the two commercially available Elisa tests was capable of reliably detecting the response of these birds to Avian Pneumovirus virus.
  • automatically: The cells are detected automatically by their striped appearance due to the interlaced scanning.

Used with why or when

  • when: Firewalls keep unwanted people out of your computer and detect when malicious software on your own machine tries to communicate with others.
  • which: The only thing you need to do to detect which button was pressed is to access a property of the e variable.
  • where: You can detect where on the Form the mouse was when the right mouse button was click.

Present participle complement

information,including: Garys detecting.co.uk - Offering a wide range of metal detecting information,including detector field tests and reviews.

Preposition: in

  • urine: In animals, only a small amount of unchanged pioglitazone can be detected in either urine or feces.
  • sample: Residues of dicloran were detected in 8 samples ranging from 0.1 - 1.9 mg/kg.
  • plasma: Other metabolites were detected in plasma, urine and feces and represent less or equal than 3 % of plasma AUC.

Preposition: by

  • sensor: The second package explores the impact of spectral bandwidth on the signal detected by the sensor ( Figure 2 ).
  • radar: The UFO was observer by Ground Observer Corps volunteers and also detected by radar.
  • camera: Note: Reliable data only available from 1997 onwards for speeding offenses detected by camera.