A smoke detector is a device that senses smoke, typically as an indicator of fire. Smoke detectors/Alarms are usually housed in plastic enclosures, typically...
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radar detector detector (RDD) is a device used by police or law enforcement in areas where radar detectors are declared illegal. Radar detectors are built...
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neutrino detectors must be very large to detect a significant number of neutrinos. Neutrino detectors are often built underground, to isolate the detector from...
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A metal detector is an instrument that detects the nearby presence of metal. Metal detectors are useful for finding metal objects on the surface, underground...
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ATLAS experiment (redirect from Atlas detector)
05528°E / 46.23556; 6.05528 ATLAS is the largest general-purpose particle detector experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle accelerator at...
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Polygraph (redirect from Lie detector)
A polygraph, often incorrectly referred to as a lie detector test, is a junk science device or procedure that measures and records several physiological...
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A phase detector or phase comparator is a frequency mixer, analog multiplier or logic circuit that generates a signal which represents the difference in...
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A crystal detector is an obsolete electronic component used in some early 20th century radio receivers that consists of a piece of crystalline mineral...
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IceCube Neutrino Observatory (redirect from IceCube Neutrino Detector)
kilometer. Similar to its predecessor, the Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA), IceCube consists of spherical optical sensors called Digital...
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Gas chromatography (redirect from Catalytic combustion detector)
assessed. Other detectors include the Hall electrolytic conductivity detector (ElCD), helium ionization detector (HID), infrared detector (IRD), photo-ionization...
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envelope detector, the product detector takes the product of the modulated signal and a local oscillator, hence the name. A product detector is a frequency...
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nuclear physics, and nuclear engineering, a particle detector, also known as a radiation detector, is a device used to detect, track, and/or identify ionizing...
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An infrared detector is a detector that reacts to infrared (IR) radiation. The two main types of detectors are thermal and photonic (photodetectors). The...
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Coincidence detector or coincidence detection can refer to: Coincidence circuit, a device that can detect simultaneous electric signals Coincidence detection...
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A motion detector is an electrical device that utilizes a sensor to detect nearby motion. Such a device is often integrated as a component of a system...
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A heat detector is a fire alarm device designed to respond when the convected thermal energy of a fire increases the temperature of a heat sensitive element...
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A Cherenkov detector (pronunciation: /tʃɛrɛnˈkɔv/; Russian: Черенко́в) is a particle detector using the speed threshold for light production, the speed-dependent...
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An envelope detector (sometimes called a peak detector) is an electronic circuit that takes a (relatively) high-frequency signal as input and outputs the...
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Common Pipistrelle Common Pipistrelle call heard on a heterodyne bat detector - 68 KB. This is a typical echolocation call with "feeding buzzes" when it...
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A photoionization detector or PID is a type of gas detector. Typical photoionization detectors measure volatile organic compounds and other gases in concentrations...
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Gamma spectroscopy (redirect from Gamma ray detector)
segmented detectors with add-back (see: clover (detector)). The voltage pulses produced for every gamma ray that interacts within the detector volume are...
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Look up lie detector in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lie detector is the popular term for a polygraph, a device that measures and records physiological...
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A carbon monoxide detector or CO detector is a device that detects the presence of the carbon monoxide (CO) gas to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning....
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A radar detector is an electronic device used by motorists to detect if their speed is being monitored by police or law enforcement using a radar gun....
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Silicon drift detectors (SDDs) are X-ray radiation detectors used in x-ray spectrometry (XRF and EDS) and electron microscopy. Their chief characteristics...
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A flame detector is a sensor designed to detect and respond to the presence of a flame or fire, allowing flame detection. Responses to a detected flame...
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TV detector vans are vans which contain equipment that can detect the presence of television sets in use. These vans have been used by the General Post...
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up detector in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A detector is a device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon. Detector may...
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In electronic signal processing, a square law detector is a device that produces an output proportional to the square of some input. For example, in demodulating...
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