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detector

[dih-tek-ter] / dɪˈtɛk tər /


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Filip lives in Bergeijk in the south of the Netherlands, just a few miles from the Belgian border and has been a metal detector enthusiast for more than 35 years.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

You don’t need an AI detector to know it’s entirely the work of a human.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

When electrons were fired through two narrow openings, they produced a pattern of alternating light and dark bands on a detector.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

The impulse to dismiss all this as a detector company drumming up business runs into an issue—Pangram actually works way better than you might think.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

In 1965 two American physicists at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, were testing a very sensitive microwave detector.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking



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