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

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Pamela McPherson:

   When you go through that metal detector and those series of locked doors, and then you see children playing and women walking around carrying young children, it's just sort of a surreal experience, i don't think you can experience that without questioning,' Why are these children in a secure facility ? Why are these children in what used to be an adult prison ?' It's jarring.

2. Lisa Farbstein:

   The passenger needs to remove the pet from a carry case and carry it through the walk-through metal detector or walk the pet through the metal detector on a leash. This is typical of how people travel with small dogs. In the case of a cat, if there is no leash, we strongly recommend that the passenger requests screening in a private screening room.

3. Curtis Sliwa:

   Knowing that many gang members go to schools, if for nothing more [than] to recruit and sell drugs, they're going to be able to resolve their disputes in the classrooms, in the lunchrooms, within the school buildings itself, because now they won't even fear… a pat-down or having to go put their backpack through a metal detector, this is not focusing on what the real problem is.

4. Don Crawley:

   It was my first visit to this farmers land in Suffolk, after walking up an incline in the field, my Deus detector gave off a strong signal and within a short space of time I had recovered over 93 coins.

5. Allen Levi Simmons:

   My ears were ringing like a smoke detector, and little did I know that the rest of my life was going to be changed.