Definition of: detect

(di·tekt′) v.t.
1. To discover, perceive, or find, as something obscure: to detect an error in spelling.
2. To expose or uncover, as a crime, fault, or a criminal.
3. Telecom. To rectify (a high–frequency carrier wave) to the desired lower frequency; to demodulate. See synonyms under DISCOVER. [<L detectus, pp. of detegere <de- away + tegere cover]
—de·tect′a·ble or ·i·ble adjective
—de·tect′er noun

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"detect" has the frequency of use of 0.001% on en.wikipedia.org.

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