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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Detection \De*tec"tion\, n. [L. detectio an uncovering,
     revealing.]
     The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or
     hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the
     detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot.
  
           Such secrets of guilt are never from detection. --D.
                                                    Webster.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  detection
       n 1: the perception that something has occurred or some state
            exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure" [syn:
             {sensing}]
       2: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
          [syn: {catching}, {espial}, {spying}, {spotting}]
       3: the detection that a signal is being received [syn: {signal
          detection}]
       4: a police investigation to determine the perpetrator;
          "detection is hard on the feet" [syn: {detecting}, {detective
          work}, {sleuthing}]

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