Synonyms for detection
dɪˈtɛk ʃənde·tec·tion

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1. detection, sensingnoun

   the perception that something has occurred or some state exists

   "early detection can often lead to a cure"

   Synonyms:
   detective work, spying, sleuthing, sensing, detecting, signal detection, catching, espial, perception, spotting

2. detection, catching, espial, spying, spottingnoun

   the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

   Synonyms:
   detective work, spying, staining, sleuthing, sensing, detecting, signal detection, catching, espial, maculation, undercover work, spotting, contracting

3. signal detection, detectionnoun

   the detection that a signal is being received

   Synonyms:
   detective work, sleuthing, sensing, detecting, signal detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting

4. detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthingnoun

   a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

   "detection is hard on the feet"

   Synonyms:
   detective work, spying, sleuthing, sensing, detecting, signal detection, catching, espial, spotting

Matched Categories

1. • Perception
   • Police Work
   • Reception

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1. detectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   discovery

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1. List of paraphrases for "detection":

   detecting, detect, discovery, screening, sensing, detections, identification, detector, mine-detection, testing, law, detected, diagnosis, reconnaisance, reconnaissance, warning, discover, detectability

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1. Edward Alden:

   How can we expect Congress to make decisions on border enforcement if it doesn’t know how many people are entering illegally, if it doesn't know the apprehension rate, if it doesn’t know the detection rate…. what percentage of people the border patrol is seeing, all of these are critical variables about making intelligence decisions about border enforcement and they simply at the moment are not in the hands of the Congress and the public.

2. Mike Ryan:

   We believe, let me be very cautious here, we believe we are probably detecting in excess of 75% of cases - we may be missing up to a quarter of cases, we must get earlier detection of cases, have more exhaustive identification of contacts.

3. Bryan Clark:

   At the end of WWII we did not have an undersea advantage. The Germans had developed submarines with snorkels and the US was searching for how they would deal with them. The new subs could avoid radar detection and were quiet when using their batteries. Then, nuclear submarines came along. Passive sonar worked really well against them because they make noise continuously. Passive sonar works well against nuclear submarines and is less effective against diesels.

4. Professor Lattanzio:

   A series of astronomical observations obtained over the period 1986 to 2018 supports the idea that life is a cosmic rather than a purely terrestrial or planetary phenomenon, these include the detection of biologically relevant molecules in interstellar clouds and comets, mid-infrared spectra of interstellar grains and the dust from comets, a diverse set of data from comets including the Rosetta mission showing consistency with biology and the frequency of Earth-like or habitable planets in the Galaxy.

5. Lucas Paganini:

   For me, the interesting thing about this work is not only the first direct detection of water above Europa, but also the lack thereof within the limits of our detection method.