<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of detecting.</li><li>the fact of being detected.</li><li>discovery, as of error or crime: <em>chance detection of smuggling.</em></li><li>Telecommunications: rectification of alternating signal currents in a radio receiver.</li><li>also called demodulation: the conversion of an alternating, modulated carrier wave or current into a direct, pulsating current equivalent to the transmitted information-bearing signal.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>