Phrase Hound found 1 phrases and 25 compound words that contain detect. The most common are listed below. Open detect in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 1
- metal-detectTo use a metal detector to find metal objects on the surface or buried underground.
Compound words 25
- detectorA device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.
- autodetectTo detect automatically.
- detectabilityThe state of being detectable.
- undetectabilityThe quality of being impossible or difficult to detect.
- detectographAn early audio recording device used in wiretaps.
- misdetectTo detect wrongly, or where not actually present.
- redetectTo detect again or anew.
- codetectTo simultaneously detect two or more things
- detecterAlternative form of detector: A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.
- immunodetectTo detect the presence of a specific antigen by the use of antibodies.