Detecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detect |
Element (n.) One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. |
Element (n.) One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed |
Element (n.) One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything |
Element (n.) One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole |
Element (n.) One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber. |
Element (n.) One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed. |
Element (n.) An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered |
Element (n.) Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former. |
Element (n.) One of the terms in an algebraic expression. |
Element (n.) One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based |
Element (n.) The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art |
Element (n.) Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question |
Element (n.) One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers |
Element (n.) The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire |
Element (n.) the conditions and movements of the air. |
Element (n.) The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury. |
Element (n.) The whole material composing the world. |
Element (n.) The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper. |
Element (v. t.) To compound of elements or first principles. |
Element (v. t.) To constitute |
Re-sign (v. t.) To affix one's signature to, a second time |
Re sign (n.) Resignation. |
Sign (n.) That by which anything is made known or represented |
Sign (n.) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity |
Sign (n.) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some special end |
Sign (n.) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing |
Sign (n.) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea |
Sign (n.) A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought |
Sign (n.) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known. |
Sign (n.) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb. |
Sign (n.) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard. |
Sign (n.) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on |
Sign (n.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac. |
Sign (n.) A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them |
Sign (n.) An objective evidence of disease |
Sign (n.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc. |
Sign (n.) That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual |
Sign (n.) To represent by a sign |
Sign (n.) To make a sign upon |
Sign (n.) To affix a signature to |
Sign (n.) To assign or convey formally |
Sign (n.) To mark |
Sign (v. i.) To be a sign or omen. |
Sign (v. i.) To make a sign or signal |
Sign (v. i.) To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation. |
Babinski Babinski reflex Babinski sign | extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front, normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons |
detection detecting detective work sleuthing | a police investigation to determine the perpetrator, detection is hard on the feet |
component constituent element | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up, especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system, spare components for cars, a component or constituent element of a system |
detector sensor sensing element | any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner |
heating element | the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat |
logic element | an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation |
pixel pel picture element | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot), the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
signboard sign | structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted, the highway was lined with signboards |
threshold element threshold gate | a logic element that performs a threshold operation |
plot element | a component or element of the plot of a story |
component constituent element factor ingredient | an abstract part of something, jealousy was a component of his character, two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony, the grammatical elements of a sentence, a key factor in her success, humor: an effective ingredient of a speech |
sign manual | the signature of a sovereign on an official document |
sign mark | a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened), he showed signs of strain, they welcomed the signs of spring |
signal signaling sign | any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message, signals from the boat suddenly stopped |
sign | a public display of a message, he posted signs in all the shop windows |
street sign | a sign visible from the street |
high sign | a silent signal of warning or recognition, she started to speak but he gave her the high sign |
pound pound sign | a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) |
sign | a character indicating a relation between quantities, don't forget the minus sign |
equal sign | a sign indicating that the quantities on either side are equal |
plus sign | a sign indicating the operation of addition |
minus sign | a sign indicating the operation of subtraction |
radical sign | a sign indicating the extraction of a root |
dollar mark dollar sign | a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars |
dollar dollar mark dollar sign | a symbol of commercialism or greed, he worships the almighty dollar, the dollar sign means little to him |
percent sign percentage sign | a sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by |
sign language signing | language expressed by visible hand gestures |
ASL American sign language | the sign language used in the United States |
sign | a gesture that is part of a sign language |
V sign | a sign (for victory), making a V with the index and middle fingers |
sign of the cross | a gesture with the right hand moving to form a cross, used by Catholics as a profession of faith |
sign | a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified, The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary--de Saussure |
augury sign foretoken preindication | an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come, he hoped it was an augury, it was a sign from God |
sign industry | an industry that produces signs |
element | the most favorable environment for a plant or animal, water is the element of fishes |
sign of the zodiac star sign sign mansion house planetary house | (astrology) one of equal areas into which the zodiac is divided |
sign painter | someone who paints signs and billboards etc. |
elements | violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements), they felt the full fury of the elements |
identity identity element identity operator | an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates, the identity under numerical multiplication is |
polarity sign | having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges), he got the polarity of the battery reversed, charges of opposite sign |
element | a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone |
element of a cone | a straight line joining the apex and a point on the base |
element of a cylinder | a straight line running the length of the cylinder |
element | the situation in which you are happiest and most effective, in your element |
Jacquemier's sign | a purplish discoloration of the mucous membrane of the vagina that occurs early in pregnancy |
Kernig's sign | symptom of meningitis, patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings |
sign | (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease, there were no signs of asphyxiation |
vital sign | sign of life, usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition, he was still alive but his vital signs were weak |
acrocyanosis Raynaud's sign | cyanosis of the extremities, can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion |
chemical element element | any of the more than known substances (of which occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |