Term: detector: any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
Candidate hypernym: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose → 1
Candidate hypernym: blame: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed → 0
Candidate hypernym: maharaja: a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja → 0
Candidate hypernym: agent orange: a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas → 0
Candidate hypernym: hemostat: a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel → 0
Candidate hypernym: solar eclipse: the moon interrupts light from the sun → 0
Candidate hypernym: gymnasium: athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training → 0
Candidate hypernym: trichiuridae: cutlassfishes → 0
Candidate hypernym: network: (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits → 0
Candidate hypernym: icon: (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface → 0
Candidate hypernym: molluscum: any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules → 0