detect
Usage
What are other ways to say detect?
To detect implies becoming aware of something that had been obscure, secret, or concealed: to detect a flaw in reasoning. To ascertain is to verify facts by inquiry or analysis: to ascertain the truth about an event. To learn is to add to one's knowledge or information: to learn a language. The verb discover is used with objective clauses as a synonym of learn in order to suggest that the new information acquired is surprising to the learner: I discovered that she had been married before.
Example Sentences
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In Jerusalem, AFP journalists reported two blasts after the military said it had detected incoming missiles from Iran.
From Barron's
While gravitational lensing is well known in studies of black holes, Medvedev says this is the first observed case where both gravity and plasma work together to shape a signal detected from space.
From Science Daily
Soon after, researchers detected a major increase in hydrogen at the exobase -- the boundary where Mars' atmosphere transitions into space.
From Science Daily
The device detects that change and interprets it as a touch.
From Science Daily
Their results show that TMEM175 can detect when acidity reaches a critical level and adjust the flow of protons accordingly.
From Science Daily
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