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retection.

Disclosure or detection of something concealed.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Disclosure or detection of something concealed.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  2. Detection through a concealing layer. (Note: this use is somewhat specific to electrical engineering and related fields investigating the uses of T-Ray Sensing.)

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Latin retectio, retectionem (“discovery, uncovering”).

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