Detector

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Detector \De*tect"or\, n. [L., a revealer.]
     One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. --Shak.
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           A deathbed's detector of the heart.      --Young.
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     2. Specifically:
        (a) An indicator showing the depth of the water in a
            boiler.
        (b) (Elec.) A galvanometer, usually portable, for
            indicating the direction of a current.
        (c) (Elec.) Any of various devices for detecting the
            presence of electric waves.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     {Bank-note detector}, a publication containing a description
        of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable
        persons to discriminate between them.
  
     {Detector lock}. See under {Lock}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  detector
       n 1: 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 [syn: {sensor}, {sensing element}]
       2: rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave
          [syn: {demodulator}]
       3: electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio
          signals or radioactivity

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "detector":
     calorimeter, chemical detector, clinical thermometer, cryometer,
     electric thermometer, electronic counter, electronic detector,
     error corrector, error detector, galvanothermometer,
     gas thermometer, liquid-level sensor, meat thermometer,
     metal detector, photoelectric sorter, pyrometer, pyrometric cone,
     resistance pyrometer, sensor, telethermometer, temperature sensor,
     thermocouple, thermoelectrometer, thermometrograph, thermostat,
     ultrasonic detector