Detector Definition

dĭ-tĕktər
detectors
noun
detectors
One that detects, especially a mechanical, electrical, or chemical device that automatically identifies and records or registers a stimulus, such as an environmental change in pressure or temperature, an electric signal, or radiation from a radioactive material.
American Heritage
A person or thing that detects.
Webster's New World
An apparatus or device for indicating the presence of something, as electric waves.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World

A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon.

Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings.
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Other Word Forms of Detector

Noun

Singular:
detector
Plural:
detectors

Origin of Detector

  • From detect +‎ -or (“agent noun forming suffix”).

    From Wiktionary

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