detector
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The experiment also relied on a specialized detector known as WASA, originally developed in Uppsala, Sweden.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
In each case, their writing would sail through a detector.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
The Orion spacecraft that transported the crew during their voyage ran into several glitches, including a smoke detector going off near the end of the trip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
One detector, JustDone AI, processed a human-written report about the US-Iran war and wrongly concluded it contained "88% AI content."
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
This showed that the radiation must come from beyond the Solar System, and even from beyond the galaxy, as otherwise it would vary as the movement of earth pointed the detector in different directions.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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