retection

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noun

Disclosure or detection of something concealed.

OriginLatin retectio, retectionem →
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Meanings

nounretection (countable and uncountable, plural retections)

plural retections

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableDisclosure or detection of something concealed.
  2. countableuncountableengineeringDetection through a concealing layer. (Note: this use is somewhat specific to electrical engineering and related fields investigating the uses of T-Ray Sensing.)

    Special issue: T-Ray Imaging, Sensing and Retection

    2007 August, Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 95, number 8

Origin

  1. Latinretectio, retectionem“discovery, uncovering”
  2. Englishretection

From Latin retectio, retectionem (“discovery, uncovering”).

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