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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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Keep smoke and carbon monoxide detectors up to code and in good working condition.
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Ryan Barone, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Residents of Kherson have reportedly begun carrying small detectors to notify them when drones are hovering nearby, while others leave the house only at certain times to avoid them.
—Maya Mehrara, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The first signal to arrive won’t be visual at all, but will come in the form of neutrinos, a typically elusive particle that will flood our terrestrial detectors by the millions.
—Big Think, 5 Dec. 2024
Now, at the end of 2024, if Betelgeuse were to go supernova, our first surefire signature would come in the form of high-energy neutrinos flooding our neutrino detectors all over the world in a burst spanning some 10–15 seconds.
—Big Think, 5 Dec. 2024
In 1987, a supernova from 168,000 light-years away wound up creating a signal of a little over 20 neutrinos across three small neutrino detectors that were operating at the time.
—Big Think, 5 Dec. 2024
When top deepfake detectors only catch the phonies 75% of the time, according to reports, being vigilant against fraud is vital.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
This is precisely the principle that modern-day gravitational wave detectors rely on to reconstruct the gravitational wave signals that pass through their enormous, perpendicular laser arms.
—Big Think, 28 Nov. 2024
Scientists will then use these detectors to study neutrinos, elusive particles that are difficult to observe.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2024
Ryan Barone, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Residents of Kherson have reportedly begun carrying small detectors to notify them when drones are hovering nearby, while others leave the house only at certain times to avoid them.
—Maya Mehrara, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The first signal to arrive won’t be visual at all, but will come in the form of neutrinos, a typically elusive particle that will flood our terrestrial detectors by the millions.
—Big Think, 5 Dec. 2024
Now, at the end of 2024, if Betelgeuse were to go supernova, our first surefire signature would come in the form of high-energy neutrinos flooding our neutrino detectors all over the world in a burst spanning some 10–15 seconds.
—Big Think, 5 Dec. 2024
In 1987, a supernova from 168,000 light-years away wound up creating a signal of a little over 20 neutrinos across three small neutrino detectors that were operating at the time.
—Big Think, 5 Dec. 2024
When top deepfake detectors only catch the phonies 75% of the time, according to reports, being vigilant against fraud is vital.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
This is precisely the principle that modern-day gravitational wave detectors rely on to reconstruct the gravitational wave signals that pass through their enormous, perpendicular laser arms.
—Big Think, 28 Nov. 2024
Scientists will then use these detectors to study neutrinos, elusive particles that are difficult to observe.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Detectors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detectors. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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