detector
noun
de·tec·tor
di-ˈtek-tər 
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using metal detectors to improve safety at airports
a motion detector to thwart burglaries
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There’s light generated from thermal noise, where the fact that the telescope and its instruments are not extremely cold means that additional signals (again, that don’t correspond to real objects) get registered in the detector.
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The detector was developed with Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tohoku University, Tohoku Institute of Technology, and Osaka University.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Apr. 2025
This substrate forms the core of the new detector architecture.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Apr. 2025
There’s light generated from thermal noise, where the fact that the telescope and its instruments are not extremely cold means that additional signals (again, that don’t correspond to real objects) get registered in the detector.
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2025
The detector was developed with Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tohoku University, Tohoku Institute of Technology, and Osaka University.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Apr. 2025
This substrate forms the core of the new detector architecture.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Apr. 2025
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detector
noun
de·tec·tor
di-ˈtek-tər
1
: one that detects or warns
a smoke detector
2
: a device in a radio receiver for changing the high-frequency current of radio waves into current that can vibrate a loudspeaker to reproduce the original sound
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detector
noun
de·tec·tor
di-ˈtek-tər
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