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The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot. Such secrets of guilt are never from detection. D. Webster.

The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water.

n; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer. Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey. And stab, like bravoes, all who come this way. Churchill.

It is also widely used either in aqueous solution or as test paper (Congo paper) for the detection of free acid, which turns it blue.

induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection.

ert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow. Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. Pope. The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a…

g to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture.

district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws.

To look at again for the detection of errors; to reëxamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.

An apparatus for the detection of trichinæ in the flesh of animals, as of swine.