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retection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-tec-tion
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Disclosure or detection of something concealed.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Detection through a concealing layer. (Note: this use is somewhat specific to electrical engineering and related fields investigating the uses of T-Ray Sensing.)

Countable; Uncountable

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Etymology

From Latin retectio, retectionem (“discovery, uncovering”).

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Inflected Forms

retections (plural)

Questions

What does retection mean?
Disclosure or detection of something concealed.
Where does retection come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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