detection

noun
/dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/

The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

Other meanings

The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave.
the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy.

Synonyms

catching
spotting

Related words

Canny edge detection
non-detection
collision detection
detection comb
detection dog
lie detection
antidetection
autodetection
biodetection
chemodetection
codetection
immunodetection

Example sentences

“I'm testing whether the language detection works again.”
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Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “detection” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.