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/dɪˈtɛktə(ɹ)/ · noun
A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning..
Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings.
At 2255, it passed a hot axle box detector at Great Bridgeford. No problem here - the detector detected no abnormal temperatures anywhere in the consist.
Use detector when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Detector means A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning..
Common synonyms include sensor, demodulator.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings.
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