detection

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
  2. noun the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
  3. noun the detection that a signal is being received

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion.

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Synonyms

sensing

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