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Detect vs Subdetection - What's the difference?

detect | subdetection |

As adjectives the difference between detect and subdetection

is that detect is (obsolete) detected while subdetection is (rare) below the threshold of what can be detected.

As a verb detect

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

detect

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

    • Derived terms

    * detection * detective * detector

    See also

    * discover * find * stumble upon

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Detected.
    • (Fabyan)

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    subdetection

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rare) Below the threshold of what can be detected.
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    • , passage=“These pests can be there at subdetection levels for years if not decades,” said Mr. Carey, who worked on the medfly infestation. }}