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detectio

Pronunciation: [deːˈteːk.ti.oː]

“detectio” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. discovery, the act or process of learning something new
  2. accusation, the act or process of exposing hidden crime or heresy
  3. detection, the act or process of finding out something hidden

Etymology

From dētegō (“to uncover, to discover, to detect”) + -tio (“-tion: forming nouns”), from de- (“un-”) + tegō (“to cover, to hide”).

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