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detector

[dih-tek-ter] / dɪˈtɛk tər /


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No need to remove your valuables or go through a metal detector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Deltona High had implemented other invisible features to make the school safer yet less policed—the AI-powered metal detector, weapons-detecting security cameras and so on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Engineers designated a small section of each detector to rapidly monitor a different guide star -- stars whose positions are already known with high precision.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Thomas had been scanning with a metal detector for two years, having seen people doing in on television.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

And to observe these few coming from the distance of Pluto would require a larger gamma ray detector than any that have been constructed so far.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

It is these racing through the ice, which give off a blue glow, which sensitive light detectors can pick up.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

"There is a bit of a technology arms race happening: the detectors versus the evaders," misinformation researcher Timothy Caulfield told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Pilots who have regularly flown from Dubai recounted strict searches through metal detectors that have led security staff to confiscate everything from selfie sticks to hair spray to cups of coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

At the other end, paired optical detectors directly produce an authenticity score for each video.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Using the most sophisticated underwater metal detectors ever developed, the team uncovered solid indications of the presence of at least seven statues, buried deep under the seabed.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler



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