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How to pronounce detector in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms demodulator
Type of rectifier
Type Words
Synonyms sensing element, sensor
Type of device
Has types electric eye, metal detector, mine detector, photocell, photoconductive cell, photoelectric cell, magic eye, trace detector
Derivation detect
Type Words
Type of electronic equipment
Has types electronic scanner, crystal detector, scanner
Derivation detect

Examples of detector

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It's a weird sound, almost like the noise a smoke detector makes before it dies.
From the sacbee.com
The distance from the detector in Italy to the source in Geneva is about 730 km.
From the forbes.com
He indicated we'd have more to talk about on the far side of the metal detector.
From the chron.com
Women were treated to a metal detector waved back and forth over their clothing.
From the theatlantic.com
Hopefully, your smoke detector went off and you have your escape plans in place.
From the ocregister.com
The frequent on-and-off switching of a motion detector shortens the bulb's life.
From the denverpost.com
A better analogy than Feser's metal detector would be to the boy who cried wolf.
From the scienceblogs.com
The same facility also hosts CLIO, a prototype detector for gravitational waves.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As part of his 2005 plea agreement, Berger promised to take a lie detector test.
From the edition.cnn.com
More examples
  • Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
  • Rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave
  • Electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
  • A sensor is a device that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal which can be read by an observer or by an instrument. ...
  • Detector is a 2000 Norwegian comedy film directed by Pu00E5l Jackman from a screenplay by Erlend Loe. It was entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival. It was one of the greatest domestic film successes in Norway for many years, and is considered to be the start of the Norwegian cinemas bloom that occurred in the 2000s.
  • A detector is a device that recovers information of interest contained in a modulated wave. The term dates from the early days of radio when all transmissions were in Morse code, and it was only necessary to detect the presence (or absence) of a radio wave using a device such as a coherer ...
  • A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon
  • The 12 detectors are made of high-quality NaI borehole "well type" crystal providing best measurement geometry for -emitters located in a sample tube. The crystals cover an energy range up to 500 KeV - suitable for the common isotopes,e.g. 125I, 57Co, 59Fe, 51Cr and 99Tc. ...
  • The circuit in a receiver which is used to recover the intelligence (audio) from a signal.