detection

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de·tec·tion / diˈtekshən/ • n. the action or process of identifying the presence of something concealed: the early detection of fetal abnormalities. ∎  the work of a detective in investigating a crime: [as adj.] the detection rate for murder is over 90 percent ∎ another term for demodulation (see demodulate).

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