detection

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Synonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave.

Synonyms

discovery

exposure

finding

find

🔍

revelation

detecting

espial

disclosure

spying

recognition

catching

rectification

sense

detective work

signal detection

sensing

sleuthing

spotting

rectifying

scouting

tracing

trove

uncovering

understand

coming to light

awareness

perception

rectify

check

commutate

commutation

comprehend

demodulation

detect

differentiation

distinction

enquiry

fairing

identification

insight

know

measuring

mine detection

observance

apprehend

Translations

détection

detección

découverte

Entdeckung

detecção

detecció

scoperta

dépistage

ανίχνευση

rivelazione

descubrimiento

opsporing

detectie

Aufdeckung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/

Etymology

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