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detection
Overview of noun detection
The noun detection has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) detection, sensing -- (the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure")
2. (2) detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting -- (the act of detecting something; catching sight of something)
3. signal detection, detection -- (the detection that a signal is being received)
4. detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing -- (a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun detection
4 senses of detection
Sense 1
detection, sensing
=> perception
=> basic cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting
=> discovery, find, uncovering
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
signal detection, detection
=> reception
=> broadcasting
=> telecommunication, telecom
=> medium
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing
=> police work, police investigation
=> investigation, investigating
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun detection
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun detection
4 senses of detection
Sense 1
detection, sensing
=> perception
Sense 2
detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting
=> discovery, find, uncovering
Sense 3
signal detection, detection
=> reception
Sense 4
detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing
=> police work, police investigation
Antonyms of noun detection
Member Holonyms of noun detection
Substance Holonyms of noun detection
Part Holonyms of noun detection
Member Meronyms of noun detection
Substance Meronyms of noun detection
Part Meronyms of noun detection
Meronyms of noun detection
Holonyms of noun detection
Attributes of noun detection
Derived Forms of noun detection
1 of 4 senses of detection
Sense 2
detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting
RELATED TO>(verb) detect#1
=> detect, observe, find, discover, notice
Domain of noun detection
Domain Terms of noun detection
Familiarity of noun detection
detection used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun detection
4 senses of detection
Sense 1
detection, sensing
> perception
=> constancy, perceptual constancy
=> detection, sensing
=> visual perception, beholding, seeing
=> auditory perception, sound perception
=> sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
=> somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation
=> touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling
Sense 2
detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting
> discovery, find, uncovering
=> detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting
=> self-discovery
=> breakthrough
=> determination, finding
=> rediscovery
Sense 3
signal detection, detection
> reception
=> signal detection, detection
=> demodulation
Sense 4
detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing
> police work, police investigation
=> detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing
=> roundup
=> surveillance
Meronyms of noun detection
4 senses of detection
Sense 3
signal detection, detection
=> reception
=> broadcasting
=> telecommunication, telecom
=> medium
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun detection
Grep of noun detection
detection
explosive detection system
explosive trace detection
radio detection and ranging
ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system
signal detection
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