metal detectors
Airport security equipment
Metal detectors are electronic devices that sense the presence of metal nearby.
Handheld wands and walk-through gates screen people at airports and courthouses for weapons.
Hobbyists sweep beaches and fields with detector coils, hunting for coins, jewelry, or artifacts: He found a Civil War belt buckle with his metal detector.
Unjust differential treatment
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- pinpointingLocating with precision
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- VLFLowest radio spectrum
ferrous · non-ferrous · iron mask · frequency · sweep · headphones · shaft · armrest
Involving electric and magnetic fields
- inductionFormal admission process
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- conductivityAbility to carry current
- signal processingMathematical manipulation of waveforms
magnetometer · phase shift · pulse · transmitter · receiver · circuitry · microprocessor · mineralization
Element seventy-nine
- nuggetsSmall solid lumps
- treasure huntingSearching for hidden valuables
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- coinsMetal money units
jewelry · panning · prospectors · finds · beach · mineralogy · ore · gems
Aviation passenger facility
- checkpointInspection station on route
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- weaponsTools for fighting
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
wand · handheld · walkthrough · baggage · guard · scan · alarm · courthouse
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- pinpointingLocating with precision
- thresholdPoint of beginning
VLF · ferrous · non-ferrous · iron mask · frequency · sweep · headphones · shaft · armrest · display
electromagnetic
Involving electric and magnetic fields
- inductionFormal admission process
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- conductivityAbility to carry current
signal processing · magnetometer · phase shift · pulse · transmitter · receiver · circuitry · microprocessor · mineralization · saltwater
gold
Element seventy-nine
- nuggetsSmall solid lumps
- treasure huntingSearching for hidden valuables
- silverLustrous white precious metal
coins · jewelry · panning · prospectors · finds · beach · mineralogy · ore · gems · cache
airport
Aviation passenger facility
- checkpointInspection station on route
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- weaponsTools for fighting
contraband · wand · handheld · walkthrough · baggage · guard · scan · alarm · courthouse · stadium
artifacts
Human-made historical objects
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- coinsMetal money units
- excavationAct of unearthing
digging · site · burial · tombs · treasure · pottery · jewelry · ancient · ruins · stratigraphy
- security measuresbag checks, security guards, checkpoints, surveillance cameras, x-ray machines
- travel securityairport security, passport control, baggage screening, TSA, body scanners
- Security Serviceslock replacement, camera repair, access control, window locks, motion sensors
- safetysafety helmet, hazard, airbag, alert, occupational safety
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
- airport securityTSA, TSA agent, security, security checkpoint, screening
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