English-Spanish translations for detector

• detector
  ¿Con detectores de tabaco obligatorios en cada hogar? Compulsory tobacco detectors in every home?
  O bien, que se distribuyan de forma gratuita detectores de billetes falsos a los pequeños comerciantes. Otherwise, then, we should provide small businesses with free detectors for forged banknotes.
  Del mismo modo, a menudo el hecho de tener que quitarse el calzado provoca que haya que permanecer de pie sobre suelos helados antes de pasar por el detector de seguridad. 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