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- Latin · learned borrowing fromdētēctiō
- English todaydetection
Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiō. By surface analysis, detect + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
detection
Today it means: The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised. Full definition →
Latin dētēctiō