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a device that detects some physical quantity and responds usually with a transmitted signal
a motion detector to thwart burglaries
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And the amygdala — the threat detector toward the base of our brains — fires.
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Rachel Carlson, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
Equip homes, campers, fish houses and other areas with propane heating units with smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms and explosive gas detectors, which are available at various retail stores.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
Based on the timing and intensity of the returning pulses, the detector can map the contours of the terrain, revealing hills, ditches, and ancient ruins covered in vegetation.
—Anna Lagos, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
Many researchers say the future of U.S. particle physics depends on a huge experiment, under construction, to shoot neutrinos from Fermilab in Illinois to a huge subterranean detector 1300 kilometers away in South Dakota.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
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Rachel Carlson, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
Equip homes, campers, fish houses and other areas with propane heating units with smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms and explosive gas detectors, which are available at various retail stores.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
Based on the timing and intensity of the returning pulses, the detector can map the contours of the terrain, revealing hills, ditches, and ancient ruins covered in vegetation.
—Anna Lagos, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
Many researchers say the future of U.S. particle physics depends on a huge experiment, under construction, to shoot neutrinos from Fermilab in Illinois to a huge subterranean detector 1300 kilometers away in South Dakota.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Detector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detector. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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