Synonyms for detector
dɪˈtɛk tərde·tec·tor

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1. detector, sensor, sensing elementnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   sensor, demodulator, sensing element

2. detector, demodulatornoun

   rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave

   Synonyms:
   sensor, demodulator, sensing element

3. detectornoun

   electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity

   Synonyms:
   sensor, demodulator, sensing element

Matched Categories

1. • Electronic Equipment
   • Rectifier

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1. exposer

   similar meaning !!!

   Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "detector":

   detectors, polygraph, sensor, recognizer, spotter, detection, scanner, alarm

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1. Hillary Clinton:

   He took a lie detector test. I had him take a polygraph, which he passed, which forever destroyed my faith in polygraphs, oh, he plea bargained. Got him off with time served in the county jail, he’d been in the county jail about two months.

2. Tom DeLuca:

   Owners do not want the experience at their theater to be a negative one, and going through a metal detector and having their bags checked would become a big inconvenience, my gut tells me that people would say 'Why am I coming here? It must be dangerous. I don't want to bring my children to this theater, so we'll go somewhere else,'.

3. Adrian Lewis:

   Some cars get stopped more often than others. When I get stopped, I start recording, i have Waze on my cell phone that tells me, with considerable accuracy, where police or highway patrol are located. I have an escort radar detector to alert me. I make sure I am mentally and physically alert.

4. Matt Dolan:

   In Massachusetts, and other places, for example, you have to have a smoke detector certificate from the fire department in order to close on your home, those inspections have been shut down for the next three weeks. That will interrupt closings.

5. Tim Naftali:

   They wanted to move a bug. They had three more bugs, which they wanted to plant. They were also going to put a listening device in a smoke detector, this would have been a massive espionage operation had it succeeded.