Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Detection has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
the detection that a signal is being received
"The radar system confirmed detection of the incoming aircraft as its signal pierced through the storm clouds."
a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
"detection is hard on the feet"
The act of detecting or sensing something; discovering something that was hidden or disguised.
"The security team's advanced sensors finally achieved detection of the intruder hiding in the ventilation shaft."
In plain English: Detection is the act of finding something that was hidden or not obvious at first.
"The security system failed to detect the intruder."
Usage: Detection refers to the process of finding or identifying something that exists but may be concealed or unnoticed. Use this term when describing the successful discovery of an object, person, or fact through observation or investigation.
The word detection entered English as a learned borrowing from the Latin dētectiōnem. It is formed by combining the root of "detect" with the suffix "-ion," following the standard pattern for creating nouns that denote an action or process.