Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 14 compound words that contain detector. The most common are listed below. Open detector in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- metal detectorA hand-held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal.
- smoke detectorA device that sounds an alarm when it detects smoke or other evidence of a fire.
- radar detectorA device used by motorists, often mounted on the car's dashboard, to evade punishment for speeding; it detects the radar used by traffic police to measure whether motorists are driving above the speed limit.
- lie detectorA device designed to detect or indicate when a person is lying by measuring and recording several physiological variables.
- motion detectorA device used in security systems that can alert the user of the presence of a moving object.
- currency detectorA device that determines whether notes or coins are genuine or counterfeit.
- lightning detectorA device that provides an alarm to inform its user(s) that lightning has occurred nearby. Specific devices are available for a variety of applications.
- bat detectorA device that helps to identify the presence of bats by converting their echolocation ultrasound signals to audible frequencies.
- CO detectorAbbreviation of carbon monoxide detector.
- detector vanA vehicle equipped with electronic instrumentation that can detect the oscillator of a domestic television, used by the licensing authority to check that a household with no TV licence does not have a television receiver
- heat detectorA device that detects heat and sounds an alarm.
- junction detectorA device in which the detection of radiation takes place at the depletion junction of a reverse-biased semiconductor junction.
- peak detectorSynonym of envelope detector: An electronic circuit that takes a relatively high-frequency amplitude modulated signal as input and provides as output the demodulated envelope of the original signal.
- window detectorA special type of comparator which provides an indication of whether the input voltage is within a specified range.
- envelope detectorAn electronic circuit that takes a relatively high-frequency amplitude modulated signal as input and provides as output the demodulated envelope of the original signal.
- detector vansplural of detector van: A vehicle equipped with electronic instrumentation that can detect the oscillator of a domestic television, used by the licensing authority to check that a household with no TV licence does not have a television …
- electron capture detectorAn item of laboratory equipment used coupled to a gas chromatograph for the detection and quantification of very minute amounts halogenated organic compounds.
- Canny edge detectorAn operator that uses a multistage algorithm, involving the calculus of variations, to detect the edges in an image.
- Everhart-Thornley detectorA secondary electron and back-scattered electron detector used in scanning electron microscopes.
- detector barA bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train, laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until the entire train has passed the switch.
- detector barsplural of detector bar: A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train, laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until the entire train has …
- time detectorA timepiece provided with a device for registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations on his beat.
- duct detectorA smoke detector that is attached to an air duct.
- sarcasm detectorA supposed innate ability to identify sarcasm.
- lithium-drifted silicon detectora radiation detector used in astrophysics, nuclear physics, imaging and X-ray spectroscopy
Compound words 14
- autodetectorAn automatic detector.
- biodetectorSynonym of biosensor: Any device that detects, records or transmits physiological data, especially data concerning the presence of chemical compounds (analytes)
- detectorismThe hobby of using a metal detector to search for buried coins, etc.
- detectorlessWithout a detector.
- fluorodetectorA fluorescence detector
- geodetectorA device, or underlying mathematical method, used to detect geological strata
- microdetectorA very small detector
- radiodetectorA hand-held device that is used to detect underground cables or pipes, by means of radiodetection
- subdetectorA component of a compound detector
- photodetectorAny device used to detect electromagnetic radiation