3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detector \De*tect"or\, n. Specifically:
a An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.
b (Elec.) A galvanometer, usually portable, for indicating
the direction of a current.
c (Elec.) Any of various devices for detecting the presence
of electric waves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detector \De*tect"or\, n. [L., a revealer.]
One who or that which detects; a detecter. --Shak.
A deathbed's detector of the heart. --Young.
{Bank-note detector}, a publication containing a description
of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable
persons to discriminate between them
{Detector lock}. See under {Lock}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
detector
n 1: anything that receives a stimulus (as heat pressure light
motion etc.) and responds to it [syn: {sensor}]
2: extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave [syn: {demodulator}]
3: detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
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