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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Detection \De*tec"tion\, n. [L. detectio an uncovering, revealing.] The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot. Such secrets of guilt are never from detection. --D. Webster. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: detection n 1: the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure" [syn: {sensing}] 2: the act of detecting something catching sight of something [syn: {catching}, {espial}, {spying}, {spotting}] 3: the detection that a signal is being received [syn: {signal detection}] 4: the investigation of criminal activities to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet" [syn: {detecting}, {detective work}, {police investigation}, {sleuthing}]
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