detection
Noticing something hidden
Detection is the act of discovering or noticing something, especially something hidden or not immediately obvious: early detection of cancer, detection of fraud.
The word often appears in contexts involving careful observation, investigation, or technology designed to sense what might otherwise escape notice: The submarine evaded detection.
Determining size or amount
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- chromatographyTechnique separating mixtures by differential migration
- sensorInput-detecting device
instrument · threshold · sensitivity · accuracy · calibration · signal · anomaly · trace
Establishing who someone is
- spottingPerceiving or identifying visually
- noticingBecoming aware of
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
observation · sensing · distinguishing · pattern recognition · anomaly · signal · deciphering · interpretation
Ongoing observation of something
- CCTVSurveillance camera network
- camerasVisual recording devices
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- sensorsDevices that detect input
tracking · scanning · wiretap · eavesdropping · reconnaissance · spy · espionage · intelligence
Scientific crime-scene analysis
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- cluesHints toward answers
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- inquiryRequest for information
probe · scrutinize · examine · inspect · case · suspect · interrogate · fingerprint
Identification of illness
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
prognosis · MRI · ultrasound · bloodwork · mammogram · radiology · oncology · laboratory
Conclusion from investigation
- uncoveringRevealing something hidden
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- locatingDetermining position of
unearthing · exposing · identifying · pinpointing · tracing · determining · spotting · encountering
measurement
Determining size or amount
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- chromatographyTechnique separating mixtures by differential migration
sensor · instrument · threshold · sensitivity · accuracy · calibration · signal · anomaly · trace · contamination
identification
Establishing who someone is
- spottingPerceiving or identifying visually
- noticingBecoming aware of
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
perception · observation · sensing · distinguishing · pattern recognition · anomaly · signal · deciphering · interpretation · confirmation
monitoring
Ongoing observation of something
sensors · tracking · scanning · wiretap · eavesdropping · reconnaissance · spy · espionage · intelligence · security
forensics
Scientific crime-scene analysis
inquiry · probe · scrutinize · examine · inspect · case · suspect · interrogate · fingerprint · DNA
diagnosis
Identification of illness
pathology · prognosis · MRI · ultrasound · bloodwork · mammogram · radiology · oncology · laboratory · histology
finding
Conclusion from investigation
- uncoveringRevealing something hidden
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- breakthroughSudden important advance
locating · unearthing · exposing · identifying · pinpointing · tracing · determining · spotting · encountering · stumbling upon
- emergency stagesacute phase, crisis, preparation, response, onset
- smuggling enforcementcustoms agents, customs officers, border patrol, contraband, seizure
- Immunostainingprimary antibody, secondary antibody, antibody, antigen, DAB
- Bioanalysisassay, assays, analyte, mass spectrometry, chromatography
- quantum measurementmeasurement problem, observable, eigenstate, eigenvalue, quantum state
- discoveriesbreakthrough, scientific discovery, finding, uncovering, realization
detectionconcealment
Act of hiding something
hiding · camouflage · cover-up · disguise · secrecy
detectionmiss
Fail to reach
non-detection · oversight · failure · missing · overlooking
detectiondisappearance
Act of going missing
invisibility · undetectability · loss · vanishing · elusiveness
- private detectiveLicensed investigator for hire
- detective workSystematic inquiry into mysteries
- detective storyNarrative featuring investigation
- detective novelFiction solving a crime
- detective storiesCrime-solving fiction genre
- early detectionFinding something at onset
detective, detecting, detectives, detections, detection dogs