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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 De·tect·or n.  One who, or that which, detects; a detecter.
    A deathbed's detector of the heart.   --Young.
 2. Specifically: (a) An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler. (b) Elec. A galvanometer, usually portable, for indicating the direction of a current. (c) Elec. Any of various devices for detecting the presence of electric waves.
 Bank-note detector, a publication containing a description of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable persons to discriminate between them.
 Detector lock. See under Lock.
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