detection

Definition of Detection in English :

1. detection, sensing

the perception that something has occurred or some state exists

Example Sentences:
'early detection can often lead to a cure'

the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

3. detection, signal detection

the detection that a signal is being received

a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

Example Sentences:
'detection is hard on the feet'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Detection

noun

1.

the act of discovering or the fact of being discovered

detection of crime

2.

the act or process of extracting information, esp at audio or video frequencies, from an electromagnetic wave

noun

1.

a finding out or being found out

said esp. of what tends to elude notice

2.

demodulation

n.

1. The act or process of detecting; discovery: detection of a crime; detection of radiation from a distant galaxy.