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A hand-held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A metal-detecting device, incorporated into a full-body scanner structure, through which people pass, used to detect certain concealed weapons and certain contraband.
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detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal; used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: detector, sensor, sensing element
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
cercametalls
— a hand-held device
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Catalan:
cercatresors
— a hand-held device
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Danish:
metaldetektor
— a hand-held device
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Dutch:
metaaldetector
— a hand-held device
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Finnish:
metallinpaljastin
— a hand-held device
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French:
détecteur de métaux
— a hand-held device
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German:
Metalldetektor
— a hand-held device
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Hungarian:
fémérzékelő
— a hand-held device
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Italian:
metal detector
— a hand-held device
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Italian:
cercametalli
— a hand-held device
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Italian:
rilevametalli
— a hand-held device
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Italian:
rivelametalli
— a hand-held device
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Japanese:
金属探知機
— a hand-held device
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Polish:
wykrywacz metali
— a hand-held device
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Romanian:
detector de metale
— a hand-held device
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Russian:
металлоиска́тель
(metalloiskátelʹ)
— a hand-held device
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Spanish:
detector de metal
— a hand-held device
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Spanish:
detector metálico de mano
— a hand-held device
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Spanish:
detector de metales de brazo
— a hand-held device
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Swedish:
metalldetektor
— a hand-held device
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Turkish:
metal dedektörü
— a hand-held device
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Ukrainian:
металодете́ктор
(metalodetéktor)
— a hand-held device
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Ukrainian:
металошука́ч
(metalošukáč)
— a hand-held device
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Czech:
bezpečnostní rám
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Danish:
metaldetektor
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Dutch:
metaaldetector
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Finnish:
metallinpaljastin
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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German:
Metalldetektor
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Italian:
metal detector
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Italian:
cercametalli
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Italian:
rilevametalli
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Italian:
rivelametalli
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Polish:
wykrywacz metali
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Polish:
bramka
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Russian:
дете́ктор мета́лла
(detéktor metálla)
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Spanish:
detector de metal
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Spanish:
detector metálico pórtico
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Spanish:
detector fijo de metales
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Swedish:
metalldetektor
— a structure, similar to a doorway
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Swedish:
larmbåge
— a structure, similar to a doorway
