detector van

noun

A vehicle equipped with electronic instrumentation that can detect the oscillator of a domestic television, used by the licensing authority to check that a household with no TV licence does not have a television receiver

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Meanings

noundetector van (plural detector vans)

plural detector vans

  1. UKA vehicle equipped with electronic instrumentation that can detect the oscillator of a domestic television, used by the licensing authority to check that a household with no TV licence does not have a television receiver

    Synonyms: television detector van, TV detector van

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA vehicle equipped with electronic instrumentation that can detect the oscillator of a domestic television, used by the licensing authority to check that a household with no TV licence does not have a television receiver

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television detector vanTV detector van
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APA

detector van. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detector%20van

MLA

“detector van.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detector%20van. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detector van,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detector%20van.

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