plural of detection

to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

(obsolete) Detected.

(law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator. / A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

Employed in detecting.

An act of detection.

present participle of detect

The act of detecting or sensing something; discovering something that was hidden or disguised.

Having been noticed.

simple past tense and past participle of detect