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DETECTED
detected
(adjective) perceived with the mind; “he winced at the detected flicker of irony in her voice”
detected
(adjective) perceived or discerned; “the detected micrometeoritic material”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
detected (not comparable)
Having been noticed.
Antonyms
• undetected
• non-detected
Verb
detected
simple past tense and past participle of detect
Source: Wiktionary
DETECT
De*tect", a. Etym: [L. detectus, p. p. of detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere to cover. See Tegument.]
Definition: Detected. [Obs.] Fabyan.
De*tect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detected; p. pr. & vb. n. Detecting.]
1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account. Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. Burke. Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. Pope.
2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.] He was untruly judged to have preached such articles as he was detected of. Sir T. More.
Syn.
– To discover; find out; lay bare; expose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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