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Detection
- noun - a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet"
- the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
- the detection that a signal is being received
- the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure"
Detention
- noun - a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"
Detersion
- - The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore.
Detortion
- - The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.
Detrition
- noun - effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure
- erosion by friction
- the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
Detrusion
- - The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust.
Deucalion
- unknown - son of Prometheus, associated with the flood in Greek mythology.
Deviation
- noun - a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
- deviate behavior
- the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
- the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances