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
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: blame: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: maharaja: a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: agent orange: a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: hemostat: a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: solar eclipse: the moon interrupts light from the sun
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: gymnasium: athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: trichiuridae: cutlassfishes
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: network: (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: 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
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: molluscum: any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules