as in sensors
a device that detects some physical quantity and responds usually with a transmitted signal
a motion detector to thwart burglaries
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Recent Examples of detectors
After determining what this signature would look like, Vicente and colleagues searched through data gathered by LIGO and its fellow gravitational wave detectors, KAGRA (Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector) and Virgo, focusing on 28 of the clearest signals from merging black holes.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 May 2026
That six-story building has had 117 open violations, which include defective self-closing doors on the fourth and sixth floors and nonfunctioning smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, city records show.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
The available detectors are not foolproof.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
For the project, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) provided personnel, expertise, and 10 million lbs of steel for the underground detectors.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
At an event yesterday at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead—formerly the Homestake gold mine—project leaders and government supporters gathered to sign the first steel beam to be sent underground, beginning the construction of the facility’s detectors.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
In July 2023, daredevil physicists outfitted a high-altitude NASA plane with gamma-ray detectors and flew it straight over the core of some of the most ferocious storms on the planet — tropical storms in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026
Just one second after the officer's back is fully turned, Allen can be seen charging from the room and through one of the standing detectors with a weapon in his hands.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 May 2026
The detectors were right outside the event hall and where the bathrooms for the event were located, and the assailant was taken to the ground about 10 to 15 feet beyond them, attendees said.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 May 2026
That six-story building has had 117 open violations, which include defective self-closing doors on the fourth and sixth floors and nonfunctioning smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, city records show.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
The available detectors are not foolproof.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
For the project, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) provided personnel, expertise, and 10 million lbs of steel for the underground detectors.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
At an event yesterday at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead—formerly the Homestake gold mine—project leaders and government supporters gathered to sign the first steel beam to be sent underground, beginning the construction of the facility’s detectors.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
In July 2023, daredevil physicists outfitted a high-altitude NASA plane with gamma-ray detectors and flew it straight over the core of some of the most ferocious storms on the planet — tropical storms in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026
Just one second after the officer's back is fully turned, Allen can be seen charging from the room and through one of the standing detectors with a weapon in his hands.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 May 2026
The detectors were right outside the event hall and where the bathrooms for the event were located, and the assailant was taken to the ground about 10 to 15 feet beyond them, attendees said.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detectors
sensors
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These sensors are powered by the L4 Ouster Silicon architecture, which provides double the range and resolution of the previous generation.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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The answer goes beyond smarter sensors or better analytics.—
Chase Garbarino,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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“Detectors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detectors. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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