Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, uncovered: applied to the hemelytra of heteropterous Hemiptera when, as in most species, they are not covered by the scutellum: opposed to obtected.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Referring to something that has been
noticed . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
detect .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective perceived or discerned
- adjective perceived with the mind
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Examples
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The methane we detected is of unknown age -- its origin could be ancient or perhaps recent, Michael Mumma of NASA and colleagues wrote.
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The surgeon thrust in his hand and fumbled about for some time, while I wondered whether the feel of that one brown thread could be detected from the rest of the ravel.
Chapter 19 2010
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No signal has been detected from the balloon's Emergency Location Transmitter, which should activate on contact with water.
Richard Abruzzo And Carol Rymer-Davis Still Missing As Search Intensifies AP 2010
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The methane we detected is of unknown age -- its origin could be ancient or perhaps recent, Michael Mumma of NASA and colleagues wrote.
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The surgeon thrust in his hand and fumbled about for some time, while I wondered whether the feel of that one brown thread could be detected from the rest of the ravel.
Chapter 19 2010
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No signal has been detected from the balloon's Emergency Location Transmitter, which should activate on contact with water.
Richard Abruzzo And Carol Rymer-Davis Still Missing As Search Intensifies AP 2010
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On Hardball and its like, egos run rampant, insider jargon predominates, and agreeability, if any can be detected, is strictly limited to commercial breaks.
J-School for Jerks 2005
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On Hardball and its like, egos run rampant, insider jargon predominates, and agreeability, if any can be detected, is strictly limited to commercial breaks.
J-School for Jerks 2005
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On Hardball and its like, egos run rampant, insider jargon predominates, and agreeability, if any can be detected, is strictly limited to commercial breaks.
J-School for Jerks 2005
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In a huge water tank, light flashes were detected from the rare neutrino interactions in the water, using the sensitive detectors developed by Koshiba.
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