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Detectors
- noun - any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
- electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
- rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave
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"
Detesting
- verb - dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"
- Hate
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
Devastate
- verb - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
Deviating
- verb - be at variance with; be out of line with
- cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"
- turn aside; turn away from
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
Deviatory
- - Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion.