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Detecting Device Crossword Clue

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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• 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

98%5Exact Match!
noun

• measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects

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noun

• a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times19 Nov 1995 Across 28
New York Times11 Mar 1986 Across 65
New York Times08 Nov 1984 Down 1
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