DETECT


Meaning of DETECT in English

v.tr.

1. a (often foll. by in) reveal the guilt of; discover (detected him in his crime). b discover (a crime).

2 discover or perceive the existence or presence of (detected a smell of burning; do I detect a note of sarcasm?).

3 Physics use an instrument to observe (a signal, radiation, etc.).

Derivatives:

detectable adj. detectably adv.

Etymology: L detegere detect- (as DE-, tegere cover)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.