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Webster 1913 Edition
Retection
Re-tec′tion
,Noun.
[L.
retegere
, retectum
, to uncover; pref. re-
+ tegere
to cover.] Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed.
[Obs.]
Boyle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Retection
RETEC'TION
,Noun.
The act of disclosing or producing to view something concealed; as the retection of the native color of the body.
Definition 2024
retection
retection
English
Noun
retection (plural retections)
- (obsolete) Disclosure or detection of something concealed.
Etymology 2
In 2002 a paper to be titled "Powder detection using THz imaging" (by Wang, Ferguson, Manella, Abbot and Zhang) was mistakenly published as "Powder retection using THz imaging" in OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics, Proceedings of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, vol.73. (recounted in Proceedings of the IEEE, vol 95, No. 8 August 2007, page 1511, Scanning the Issue: T-Ray Imaging, Sensing and Retection by Derek Abbott and Xi-Cheng Zhang)
Noun
retection (plural retections)
- (engineering) Detection through a concealing layer. (Note: this use is somewhat specific to electrical engineering and related fields investigating the uses of T-Ray Sensing.)
- Proceedings of the IEEE, Volume 95, Number 8, August 2007
- Special issue: T-Ray Imaging, Sensing and Retection
- Proceedings of the IEEE, Volume 95, Number 8, August 2007