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detector

di tek ter

  • n  any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
  • n  rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave
  • n  electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity

  • In a series of affidavits collected by the union, striking employees charged that lie-detector tests used by the company to screen job applicants required them to answer such .
  • With some careful observation--and a little help from new software--anyone can learn to be a lie detector.
  • SUPERSMART SMOKE DETECTORS Smoke detectors have made a big leap forward thanks to some simple wireless communication.
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  • Shane Mosley in International Herald Tribune
    Greg's had the crap detector on all week. There's been an enormous amount of stuff about him. I've talked to Greg about it. He basically doesn't read it. He doesn't need to. He just relies on what he did before game two and that was prepare... Mal Meninga http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_Meninga&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGh6AiR1fwTaROacuHwCEUwqEB6AQ Moree Champion http://www.google.com/url?q=http://moree.yourguide.com.au/news/national/national/sport/nsw-changes-keep-mal-guessing/801400.aspx&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF-8Y-V-p9ySm4kK_jpGxP4PtHIZw Jul 1, 2008 27052 35810 detector I'm disappointed that this is coming out again, four years after I've been to the grand jury and gave my truthful testimony," Mosley said Friday in a statement issued by publicist Debbie Caplan. "I even took a lie detector test back then to...
  • Katherine Heigl in CBS 47
    Heigl adds, "He lost his wedding ring 24 hours after the wedding in the snow, in Utah. But my brother found someone with a metal detector and they found it."

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