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It finds what's hiding, whether smoke, lies, or a particle that shouldn't exist.
means A device or person that senses and reveals the presence of something otherwise hidden or hard to perceive.
from From Latin 'detegere,' to uncover or unroof — literally 'de-' (off, away) plus 'tegere' (to cover), the same root that gives us 'protect' and 'tegument,' the body's covering. A detector, then, is something that takes the lid off. The agent noun 'detector' entered English by way of Latin's 'detector,' one who exposes, and settled into its mechanical meaning as the age of instruments learned to uncover what eyes could not.
- smoke pioneer
- First home smoke alarm cost nearly $125 in 1970s dollars
- particle hunter
- CERN's detectors weigh more than the Eiffel Tower
- lie myth
- Polygraphs measure stress, not truth, and courts know it
- metal addiction
- Hobbyists call obsessive treasure hunting the detecting bug
- neutrino traps
- Some sit miles underground to dodge cosmic noise
smoke detector — ionization device required in >90% of us homes by building code
metal detector — handheld device used by hobbyists to find coins and artifacts on beaches
lie detector — polygraph machine measuring physiological changes, used by law enforcement since 1921
carbon monoxide detector — wall-mounted sensor required by law in homes in canada and most us states