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  • noun Plural form of detection.

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Examples

  • Achieving such detections is “a priority” along with a thousand other things like CJSSS, anti-social behaviour, high visibility patrols and so on.

    There’s life Jim, but not as you know it! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • He retires next year - i predict a downward trend in detections …. also, we believe he is the scriptwriter for Life On Mars. on February 7, 2008 at 8: 02 pm | Reply notellin whichendbites

    Sir Ronnie Flanagan - HMIC Policing Report « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • Their work provided critical proof for Einstein's position by clearly demonstrating the principle of the conservation of energy in these interactions and that their detections were the result of specific causally related single-particle interactions with single electrons.

    Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010

  • The UK Border Agency and the Olympic Delivery Authority said the detections were a tribute to the rigorous checks conducted on workers at the 2012 site.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • Not to mention the gravitational perturbations, this object should be radiating brightly in X-rays, gamma-rays and(according to senmut) cosmic rays( the unspecified Milagro 'detections').

    2012: NASA's Scientific Reality Check | Universe Today 2009

  • Fake antyvirus program - you will certainly know - the avalanche of "detections" and "buy now" offers will be good indicator.

    The Tech Report: News 2010

  • My job is to transfer paper into a box labelled "detections" whilst at the same time complying with the latest rules set down by crime auditors.

    The Policeman's Blog 2010

  • My job is to transfer paper into a box labelled "detections" whilst at the same time complying with the latest rules set down by crime auditors.

    The Policeman's Blog 2010

  • What nobody seems to understand is that the purpose of the police is to secure "detections".

    The Policeman's Blog 2010

  • My job is to transfer paper into a box labelled "detections" whilst at the same time complying with the latest rules set down by crime auditors.

    The Policeman's Blog 2010

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