Term: metal detector: 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
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: cardinalfish: small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: lamina: a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: midwifery: assisting women at childbirth
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: black birch: birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: heimlich maneuver: an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: sarcosine: a sweetish crystalline amino acid
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: drogue parachute: a small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: gasoline station: a service station that sells gasoline
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: cull: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: snakes and ladders: a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes