detection
noun
the act of detecting.
detections
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pluralof detection.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The second largest cluster of detections occurred near the Pine Island Glacier.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
A spokesperson for California’s Dept. of Pesticide Regulation, which oversees pesticide use, said the EWG report looked at detections of the PFAS, but the state “looks at how the detections compare to federal tolerance levels.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Manually examining millions of detections would have been impractical.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
The latest detections included a calf in La Salle County, Texas, a goat in Gillespie County, Texas, and a dog in Lea County, New Mexico, following two earlier cases in Zavala County, Texas.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
One game was a paper with lines in all detections and lots of boxs.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
