| NOUN | artifact | detector, sensor, sensing element | 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 |
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| artifact | detector, demodulator | rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave | |
| artifact | detector | electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity |
| Sounds | dihteh'kter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | sensor, sensing element | |
| Narrower | metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal |
| mine detector | detector consisting of an electromagnetic device | |
| photoelectric cell, photoconductive cell, photocell, electric eye, magic eye | A transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations | |
| trace detector | A screening device for traces of explosives | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | detector, sensor, sonda | |
| Catalan | detector, sensor | |
| Verbs | detect | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of |
| Meaning | rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave. | |
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| Synonym | demodulator | |
| Part of | radio receiver, receiving set, radio set, radio, tuner, wireless | An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals |
| Broader | rectifier | electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current |
| Spanish | desmodulador, detector | |
| Catalan | desmodulador, detector | |
| Meaning | electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity. | |
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| Part of | radio receiver, receiving set, radio set, radio, tuner, wireless | An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals |
| Narrower | crystal detector | A detector consisting of a fine wire in contact with a galena crystal |
| scanner, electronic scanner | A radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition | |
| Broader | electronic equipment | equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor) |
| Spanish | detector | |
| Catalan | detector | |
| Verbs | detect | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of |
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