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a.
Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
a.
Detected.
v. t.
To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.
v. t.
To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal.
n.
An apparatus for the detection of trichinae in the flesh of animals, as of swine.
n.
An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting tithonicity; an actinometer.
n.
The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot.
n.
To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.
a.
Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable.
n.
One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector.
v. t.
To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
n.
One who, or that which, detects; a detecter.
n.
One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.
n.
An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of temperature.
n.
An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.
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The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy.
imp. & p. p.
of Detect
a.
Alt. of Detectible
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Detect
n.
A detective.
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