NOUN | artifact | metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal |
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Meaning | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal; used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal. | |
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Broader | 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 |
Spanish | detector de metal | |
Catalan | cercatresors, detector de metalls |
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