DETECTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does detecting mean? 

• DETECTING (noun)
  The noun DETECTING has 1 sense:

1. a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

  Familiarity information: DETECTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DETECTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A police investigation to determine the perpetrator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

detecting; detection; detective work; sleuthing

Context example:

detection is hard on the feet

Hypernyms ("detecting" is a kind of...):

police investigation; police work (the investigation of criminal activities)

Derivation:

detect (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of)

 Context examples 

A noninvasive tool used to observe functioning in the brain or other organs by detecting changes in chemical composition, blood flow, or both.

(Functional magnetic resonance imaging, NCI Dictionary)

The Kepler space telescope hunts for planets by detecting the minuscule drop in a star’s brightness that occurs when a planet crosses in front of it, called a transit.

(NASA Releases Kepler Survey Catalog with Hundreds of New Planet Candidates, NASA)

The technology, which features a unique graphene and gold-based platform and high-tech imaging, monitors the fate of stem cells by detecting genetic material (RNA) involved in turning such cells into brain cells (neurons).

(Better biosensor technology created for stem cells, National Science Foundation)

Researchers believe the test may be even more sensitive than the “gold standard” – a PET brain scan – at detecting the beginnings of amyloid deposition in the brain.

(New Alzheimer’s Blood Test Could Detect Signs of Symptoms Decades Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A method of detecting sequence differences between normal DNA and the DNA to be tested.

(Heteroduplex Analysis, NCI Dictionary)

Detecting the amplification of a single, pinpoint background star provided a unique opportunity to test the nature of dark matter in the cluster.

(Hubble Uncovers the Farthest Star Ever Seen, NASA)

After further analysis, the TGA discovered the pregnancy tests were incapable of detecting the presence of the (hCG) hormone, an early indicator of pregnancy.

(Numerous home pregnancy tests recalled after false negative results reported, Wikinews)

In May 2012, Voyager 1 experienced an increase in the rate of cosmic rays similar to what Voyager 2 is now detecting.

(NASA Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space, NASA)

Use of a device, marker, or other means for the purpose of detecting the presence of a breast tumor early in its development.

(Breast Cancer Early Detection, NCI Thesaurus)

General term for detecting and classifying cancer in patients.

(Cancer Diagnosis, NCI Thesaurus)