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detector definition

de·tec·tor (dē tek′tər, di-; also, esp.for 2 & 3, dē′tek′-)

noun

  1. a person or thing that detects
  2. an apparatus or device for indicating the presence of something, as electric waves
  3. demodulator

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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