Detection
[dɪ'tekʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ'tɛkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something.
(noun.) a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; 'detection is hard on the feet'.
(noun.) the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; 'early detection can often lead to a cure'.
Edited by Enrico--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
Editor: Moore
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Discovery.
Typist: Susan
Examples
- She wondered if she should have minded detection half so much from any one else. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It was over, and she had escaped without reproaches and without detection. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- None could go a stone's throw without detection. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Thus I made the journey to the vicinity of the plaza without detection. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I lay myself open to detection, I know. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Why any fear of detection? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But, my dear Miss Halcombe, my dear Lady Glyde, do you really believe that crimes cause their own detection? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This prevents the substitution of one piece of paper for another piece without detection. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognize, out of a number of facts, which are incidental and which vital. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Tell him next, that crimes cause their own detection. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Detection and a reprimand came in due course, but were not taken very seriously. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As a further means of detection photographs of some irregular object are made, one of which is placed over the keyhole and the other is retained. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Crimes cause their own detection, do they? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This is the being whom I accuse, and for whose detection and punishment I call upon you to exert your whole power. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Margaret almost repented the urgency with which she had entreated him to go to London; it was throwing more chances of detection in his way. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Edited by Gail