Definition of "detected" []

• Referring to something that has been noticed. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of detect. (verb)

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• "The methane we detected is of unknown age -- its origin could be ancient or perhaps recent, Michael Mumma of NASA and colleagues wrote."
• "No signal has been detected from the balloon's Emergency Location Transmitter, which should activate on contact with water."
• "The surgeon thrust in his hand and fumbled about for some time, while I wondered whether the feel of that one brown thread could be detected from the rest of the ravel."