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Detector(medicine)
lie detector(medicine)
lie detector(dictionary)
detector(dictionary)
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smoke detector(dictionary)
metal detector(dictionary)
Metal detector(tourism)
detector coil(medicine)

detector (iou)



detector noun. Also (now rare) detecter. M16.
[from DETECT verb + -OR, -ER1.]
A person who or thing which discloses information; an accuser, an informer. M16-M18.
A person who finds out things which are apt to elude notice. E17.
J. S. Mill The keenest detector of the errors of his predecessors.
An instrument or device which detects something liable to elude notice or indicates something out of the ordinary; a device for the detection or demodulation of electric signals. M19.
lie-detector, metal-detector, etc.
N. Shute The detector on his periscope head indicated a high level of radioactivity. R. V. Jones Whether I could develop an airborne infra-red detector so that it could be mounted on a nightfighter and thus detect bombers.
detectorist noun a person who uses a metal detector for a hobby. L20.