detector
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
detector/dɪˈtektə(r)/
▶noun a device designed to detect the presence of a particular object or substance and to emit a signal in response.
'detector' also found in these Oxford entries:
coherer
- dead time
- detectorist
- lie detector
- metal detector
- polygraph
- range
- scan
- scintigraphy
- scintillator
