Definitions
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- noun uncountable The state of being
detectable - noun countable The extent to which something is detectable
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Examples
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But even if it was designed (as I envision), I'd still say its detectability is no better than 50-50 (and here I am being optimistic, as I also mentioned it depends on the day).
Cleaning Up The Mess 2007
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Contained within an altoids tin, the 8 tools vary in detectability, potential to cause damage, and legality.
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I have to say, the one year I was on a high detectability plan _ I had to cover the first $6000 of family medical expenses before the insurance would pick up.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Why Obamacare 2.0 is Like Cap-and-Trade 2010
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I think High detectability insurance plans and tort reform will solve about 90% of the problem.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Why Obamacare 2.0 is Like Cap-and-Trade 2010
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The only thing ID is committed to is the inadequacy of evolutionary mechanisms as conceived in Enlightenment terms (thus mounting a fundamental critique of Enlightenment assumptions) and the detectability of design in nature.
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So, even if you assume that shadow regulators are an example of front-loaded design you still have the problem of detectability through the information route.
Developmental buffering, or how to live with your bad genes - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Both have the added development of "stealth" (less detectability against some radars at some angles), but that new "high tech" feature and the long range radar have imposed design penalties that compromised the aircraft with not just high cost but also weight, drag, complexity, and vulnerabilities.
Winslow T. Wheeler: What Now, Icarus? Is Western Combat Aviation Falling Out of the Sky? 2009
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So long as the detectability size is smaller than the major damage size, it works.
"You paint all Islamics the same way." Ann Althouse 2008
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The effect is of a magnitude that remains close to the limit of detectability; or, many measurements are necessary because of the very low statistical significance of the results.
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If launched from 150km, it's a big, VERY hot thermal and radar target that still will give 3-4 minutes detectability to its intended victim.
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