Usually means: Identification of presence or existence.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word detection:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. detection: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. detection: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. detection: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. detection: Collins English Dictionary
  5. detection: Vocabulary.com
  6. Detection, detection: Wordnik
  7. detection: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. detection: Wiktionary
  9. detection: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. detection: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. detection: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Detection, detection: Dictionary.com
  13. detection: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Detection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Detection: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. detection: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. detection: Rhymezone
  18. detection: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. detection: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. detection: Free Dictionary
  21. detection: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. detection: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. detection: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. detection: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Detection: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
  3. detection: Medical dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
noun:  (obsolete) Synonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy.
noun:  (electrical engineering) The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave.

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