detection
catching espial
spying spotting | the act of detecting something, catching sight of something |
detection detecting
detective work
sleuthing | a police investigation to determine the perpetrator, detection is hard on the feet |
explosive detection system
EDS | a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using Xay technology and computers, designed for use in airports |
explosive trace detection
ETD | a system for screening luggage in airports, an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives |
radar
microwave radar
radio detection and ranging
radiolocation | measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects |
| ship-towed longange acoustic detection system | a shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the ship |
limit
bound
boundary | the greatest possible degree of something, what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior, to the limit of his ability |
detection
sensing | the perception that something has occurred or some state exists, early detection can often lead to a cure |
signal detection
detection | the detection that a signal is being received |
| age limit | regulation establishing the maximum age for doing something or holding some position |
| speed limit | regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road |
city limit
city limits | the limits of the area occupied by a city or town |
limit
demarcation
demarcation line | the boundary of a specific area |
| upper limit | the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something |
| lower limit | the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something |
| limit | as far as something can go |
| three-mile limit | the limit of a nation's territorial waters |
debt limit
debt ceiling | the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity |
limit
limitation | the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed, there are limits on the amount you can bet, it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight |
limit limit point
point of accumulation | the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity |
minimum
lower limit | the smallest possible quantity |
maximum
upper limit | the largest possible quantity |
| time limit | a time period within which something must be done or completed |
terminus ad quem
terminal point
limit | final or latest limiting point |
restrict
restrain
trammel
limit bound
confine
throttle | place limits on (extent or access), restrict the use of this parking lot, limit the time you can spend with your friends |
limit
circumscribe
confine | restrict or confine, I limit you to two visits to the pub a day |
specify set
determine define fix limit | decide upon or fix definitely, fix the variables, specify the parameters |
to the hilt
to the limit | in full, you are in this to the hilt |