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detection   (TTS Sound)

The noun detection has 4 senses

• detection, sensing -- (the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure")


• detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting -- (the act of detecting something; catching sight of something)


• signal detection, detection -- (the detection that a signal is being received)


• detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing -- (a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet")