A device that determines whether notes or coins are genuine or counterfeit.

(analytical chemistry) An item of laboratory equipment used coupled to a gas chromatograph for the detection and quantification of very minute amounts halogenated organic compounds.

plural of electron capture detector

Synonym of watchman's detector

A secondary electron and back-scattered electron detector used in scanning electron microscopes.

plural of Everhart-Thornley detector

(physics, astronomy) a radiation detector used in astrophysics, nuclear physics, imaging and X-ray spectroscopy

plural of lithium-drifted silicon detector

A person whose hobby is the use of a metal detector to search for buried coins, etc.

plural of detectorist