detector

Noun

Meaning

One who, or that which, detects; a detecter.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sensor monitor gauge indicator alert alarm scanner demodulator transducer sensing element finder warner locator instrument receiver
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Antonyms

overlooker ignorer joyrider carjacker

Hypernyms

device rectifier electronic equipment

Hyponyms

photocell magic eye scanner metal detector photoelectric cell electric eye

Phrases with the word

CO detector watchman's detector watchman's time detector radar speed detector detector set trace detector

Examples

A bang-bang charge pump phase detector must always have a dead band where the phases of inputs are close enough that the detector detects no phase error. Source: Internet

A detector is placed so as to collect these repelled ions; the image formed from all the collected ions can be of sufficient resolution to image individual atoms on the tip surface. Source: Internet

A dark band appears to the detector, due to the radiation scattered out of the beam. Source: Internet

A detector was placed in the nose cone section and the rocket was launched in a suborbital flight to an altitude just above the atmosphere. Source: Internet

After introduction into the vacuum system, the sample is reduced to cryogenic temperatures (typically 20-100 K) and manipulated such that the needle's point is aimed towards an ion detector. Source: Internet

A digital phase locked loop uses a digital phase detector; it may also have a divider in the feedback path or in the reference path, or both, in order to make the PLL's output signal frequency a rational multiple of the reference frequency. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

detectivelike detectivity detectograph detector bar detector for mines detector set