sensitive detector

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sensitive
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.sɪ.tɪv/us
/ˈsen.sə.t̬ɪv/
easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, ...
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detector
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈtek.tər/us
/dɪˈtek.tɚ/
a device used to find particular substances or things, or measure ...
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Each of the 1024 photodiode array elements had asensitivedetectoraperture of 25 pm x 26 pm.
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Recently, a new digitized positionsensitivedetectorcalled a delay-line detector with better dynamic range and resolution has been developed.
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Each panel acts as a positionsensitivedetectorfor charged particles passing through.
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The bending can also be measured with high sensitivity by deflection of the beam of a laser using a positionsensitivedetector.
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One year later, he filed a patent for a three-electrode device that was a much moresensitivedetectorof electromagnetic waves.
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This is detected by laser deflection in a positionsensitivedetectortherefore producing a chemical profile image of the surface.
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It is essentially a mechanical amplifier and serves as a good candidate for asensitivedetector.
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This was a verysensitivedetectorof electric oscillations.
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A positionsensitivedetectorcan detect the energy along one direction and depending on the additional optics lateral resolution or one angle along the other direction.
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This result indicates that the best observation conditions are obtained with very sensitive detectors and low excitation intensities.
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Mitochondria are extremely sensitive detectors of the changes and failures in cell function.
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The photomultiplier tube is an extremelysensitivedetectorof light, which uses the photoelectric effect and secondary emission, rather than thermionic emission, to generate and amplify electrical signals.
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The mostsensitivedetectorknown.
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Scientists are attempting to demonstrate the existence of these waves with ever more sensitive detectors.
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More sensitive detectors than the bolometer were required because of the low energy of the radiation.
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This signal is called fluorescence and can easily be measured with sensitive detectors.
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