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retection

The English word “retection” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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

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