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Webster 1913 Edition
Detection
De-tec′tion
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Detection
DETECTION
,Noun.
2.
Discovery of any thing before hidden, or unknown.The sea and rivers are instrumental to the detection of amber and other fossils, by washing away the earth that concealed them.