detector

Borrowed from Latin dētēctor. Equals detect +‎ -or (agent noun forming suffix).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɛktə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

detector (plural detectors)

1. A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.

   Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings.

   1. An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.
   2. A galvanometer, usually portable, for indicating the direction of a current.

• cottered

Borrowed from English detector.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdeːˈtɛk.tɔr/

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• Hyphenation: de‧tec‧tor
• Rhymes: -ɛktɔr

detector m (plural detectors, diminutive detectortje n)

1. detector

• metaaldetector

• detecteren
• detectie

• → Indonesian: detektor

• Hyphenation: de‧tec‧tor

detector (feminine detectora, masculine plural detectores, feminine plural detectoras)

1. Brazilian Portuguese standard form of detetor

detector m (plural detectores)

1. Brazilian Portuguese standard form of detetor

Borrowed from French détecteur.

detector n (plural detectoare)

1. detecter

• IPA^(key): /deteɡˈtoɾ/ [d̪e.t̪eɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: de‧tec‧tor

detector (feminine detectora, masculine plural detectores, feminine plural detectoras)

1. detecting

detector m (plural detectores)

1. detector

• “detector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024