detection

Definition

The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion.

Example Sentences

• "In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned."
• "“Why should Eldridge commit murder?[…]There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd.[…]”"