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Nov 30, 2009
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de•tec•tion



Pronunciation: (di-tek'shun), [key]
—n.
1. the act of detecting.
2. the fact of being detected.
3. discovery, as of error or crime: chance detection of smuggling.
4. Telecommunications.
a. rectification of alternating signal currents in a radio receiver.
b. Also called demodulation. the conversion of an alternating, modulated carrier wave or current into a direct, pulsating current equivalent to the transmitted information-bearing signal.

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