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What is a detector?

What is a detector? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.
    1. An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.
    2. A galvanometer, usually portable, for indicating the direction of a current.
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Then she heard a cracking noise and shortly afterwards the smoke detector sounded.
Bill has backed the scheme as he is a keen metal detector fan and is researching a book on the subject.
Once upon a time you could drive around with a radar detector so you knew where the radar traps were.
The ions are then guided to the mass analyzer and the detector by electrostatic lenses.
The detector bundles were mounted in fiber optic positioners attached to translation stages for accurate placement.
The patented delay line detector features three pairs of low resistance wires wound around a hexagonal support.

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