detecting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: detecting	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for detecting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detecting n a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet" Synonym(s): detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detect \Detect"\ (d[esl]t[ecr]kt"), 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.