English-Portuguese translations for detector

• detector
  Com detectores de tabaco obrigatórios em todas as casas? Compulsory tobacco detectors in every home?
  Ou então pode distribuir-se gratuitamente aos pequenos comerciantes detectores de notas falsas. Otherwise, then, we should provide small businesses with free detectors for forged banknotes.
  Depois de se descalçarem e antes de atravessarem o detector, os passageiros são amiúde obrigados a ficar descalços sobre o chão frio. Similarly, standing barefoot on freezing floors often follows the removal of footwear before going through the security detector.

Definition of detector

• A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning

Examples

• Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings.

Related words

• photodetector
• detector cell
• metal detector
• smoke detector
• motion detector
• lie detector test
• lie detector
• lightning detector
• currency detector