detectability | (noun) The state of being noticeable. | - |
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detecting | (noun) a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | Synonyms: detection, detective work, sleuthing |
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detection | (noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: catching, espial, spotting, spying |
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(noun) a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | Synonyms: detecting, detective work, sleuthing |
(noun) the perception that something has occurred or some state exists | Synonyms: sensing |
(noun) the detection that a signal is being received | Synonyms: signal detection |
detective | (noun) a police officer who investigates crimes | Synonyms: investigator, police detective, tec |
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(noun) an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public | - |
detector | (noun) any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner | Synonyms: sensing element, sensor |
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(noun) electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity | - |
(noun) rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave | Synonyms: demodulator |
detent | (noun) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | Synonyms: click, dog, pawl |
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detente | (noun) the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations) | - |
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detention | (noun) a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home | - |
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(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: custody, detainment, hold |
detergence | (noun) detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power | Synonyms: detergency |
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detergency | (noun) detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power | Synonyms: detergence |
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detergent | (noun) a cleansing agent that differs from soap but can also emulsify oils and hold dirt in suspension | - |
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(noun) a surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering | - |
deterioration | (noun) process of changing to an inferior state | Synonyms: declension, decline in quality, worsening |
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(noun) a symptom of reduced quality or strength | Synonyms: impairment |
determent | (noun) a communication that makes you afraid to try something | Synonyms: deterrence, intimidation |
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determinant | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinative, determiner, determining factor |
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(noun) a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations | - |
(noun) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself | Synonyms: antigenic determinant, epitope |
determinateness | (noun) the quality of being predictable with great confidence | Synonyms: definiteness |
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determination | (noun) the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | Synonyms: finding |
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(noun) the act of making up your mind about something | Synonyms: conclusion, decision |
(noun) the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose | Synonyms: purpose |
(noun) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration | Synonyms: conclusion, decision |
(noun) deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature | - |
determinative | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinant, determiner, determining factor |
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(noun) one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases | Synonyms: determiner |
determiner | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinant, determinative, determining factor |
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(noun) one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases | Synonyms: determinative |
(noun) an argument that is conclusive | Synonyms: clincher, determining factor |
determinism | (noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will | - |
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determinist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: fatalist, predestinarian, predestinationist |
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deterrence | (noun) the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety | - |
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(noun) a communication that makes you afraid to try something | Synonyms: determent, intimidation |
(noun) a negative motivational influence | Synonyms: disincentive |
deterrent | (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
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detestation | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, execration, loathing, odium |
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