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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detect.

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Examples

  • Once you try to send a message, if the plugin detects that you meant to attach a file, it will prompt you before allowing you to send the email — and as a nice touch, it will even tell you what triggered the message.

    Forgotten Attachment Detector Reminds You To Attach That File | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • When the brain detects a dramatically rising body temperature, it triggers processes that transfer heat away from the core by pumping blood to the skin where the heat can radiate away, abetted by the evaporation of sweat.

    Why Heatstroke is a Threat to Hunters and Fishermen, How to Recognize it, and How to Avoid It 2005

  • Whenever your dog moves or barks, the Puppy Tweets tag detects it and sends a Tweet via Twitter.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2010

  • If a site that uses the IE8 tag detects clickjacking, it will give web users an error screen letting them know that the content host has chosen not to allow that content, and gives them the option to open the content in a new window that is protected from the attack.

    PC World 2009

  • I wonder do you have to pre-enter all of the sides and colors into the computer before it solves it … or does it just kind of detects the colors. .hmmm.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Think your good at solving the Cube? 2006

  • For the vulpine sharpness, which considers itself to be knowledge, and 'detects' in that fashion, is far mistaken.

    Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • The horse's immune system "detects" these effects and interprets them as an invading parasite when in fact it is only a midge bite.

    Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines 2010

  • It 'detects' all flying objects, identifies their type, speed and flight course, and simulates movement across the entire airspace within its range of the 'virtual' antennas.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2009

  • 'detects' other road users and regulates illumination of the carriageway accordingly (see separate section on Dynamic Light Assist).

    Autoblog Jeremy Korzeniewski 2010

  • 'detects' other road users and regulates illumination of the carriageway accordingly (see separate section on Dynamic Light Assist).

    Autoblog Jeremy Korzeniewski 2010

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