DETECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does detection mean? 

• DETECTION (noun)
  The noun DETECTION has 4 senses:

1. the perception that something has occurred or some state exists

2. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

3. the detection that a signal is being received

4. a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

  Familiarity information: DETECTION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DETECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The perception that something has occurred or some state exists

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

detection; sensing

Context example:

early detection can often lead to a cure

Hypernyms ("detection" is a kind of...):

perception (the process of perceiving)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of detecting something; catching sight of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

catching; detection; espial; spotting; spying

Hypernyms ("detection" is a kind of...):

discovery; find; uncovering (the act of discovering something)

Derivation:

detect (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The detection that a signal is being received

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

detection; signal detection

Hypernyms ("detection" is a kind of...):

reception (quality or fidelity of a received broadcast)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A police investigation to determine the perpetrator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

detecting; detection; detective work; sleuthing

Context example:

detection is hard on the feet

Hypernyms ("detection" is a kind of...):

police investigation; police work (the investigation of criminal activities)

 Context examples 

True detection of lies, even carried out by professionals, is only slightly higher than pure chance (54%), and the rate rises to 60%‑70% with strategic interviewing.

(The most reliable scientific model to date for detecting when a person is lying, based on thermography, University of Granada)

The new ALMA observation is the first detection ever of a stable organohalogen in interstellar space.

(ALMA and Rosetta Detect Freon-40 in Space, ESO)

This suggested to scientists that the channels might also be filled with liquid, but a direct detection had not been made until now.

(Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan, NASA)

They are widely used in cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment.

(Monoclonal antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

For example, black holes merging in the large galaxy M87 would have a 4-million-year window of detection.

(Listening for Gravitational Waves Using Pulsars, NASA)

A mouse monoclonal antibody (MoAb) with proteoglycan antigen detection and binding activity.

(Monoclonal Antibody 48.7, NCI Thesaurus)

"I think Planet Nine's detection will tell us something about its origin," he said.

(The Super-Earth that Came Home for Dinner, NASA)

It is used for the detection of fungi, parasites, and yeasts, using fluorescent microscopy.

(Calcofluor White Stain, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent is used for detection and binding to p97 antigen expressed on the cell surface of melanoma cells.

(Monoclonal Antibody 8.2, NCI Thesaurus)

The team made the detection by analysing the infrared spectrum of the atmosphere of WASP-107b.

(Hubble detects helium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time, ESA/Hubble)