Dictionary

metal detector en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

metal + detector

Meanings

1. A hand-held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal.
2. A metal-detecting device, incorporated into a full-body scanner structure, through which people pass, used to detect certain concealed weapons and certain contraband.

Forms

Deriveds

metal detectorist

Relateds

detectorist · metal detecting

Translations (40)

fi metallinpaljastin (a structure, similar to a doorway) · pl wykrywacz metali (a structure, similar to a doorway) · de Metalldetektor (a hand-held device) · fr détecteur de métaux (a hand-held device) · es detector metálico de mano (a hand-held device) · ca cercametalls (a hand-held device) · it rilevametalli (a hand-held device) · it rivelametalli (a hand-held device) · es detector fijo de metales (a structure, similar to a doorway) · da metaldetektor (a hand-held device) · it rivelametalli (a structure, similar to a doorway) · es detector de metales de brazo (a hand-held device) · nl metaaldetector (a structure, similar to a doorway) · ja 金属探知機 (a hand-held device) · fi metallinpaljastin (a hand-held device) · it cercametalli (a structure, similar to a doorway) · it metal detector (a structure, similar to a doorway) · pl bramka (a structure, similar to a doorway) · es detector de metal (a hand-held device) · es detector metálico pórtico (a structure, similar to a doorway) · sv metalldetektor (a structure, similar to a doorway) · ca cercatresors (a hand-held device) · nl metaaldetector (a hand-held device) · ru металлоиска́тель (a hand-held device) · it metal detector (a hand-held device) · es detector de metal (a structure, similar to a doorway) · it cercametalli (a hand-held device) · da metaldetektor (a structure, similar to a doorway) · sv metalldetektor (a hand-held device) · ru дете́ктор мета́лла (a structure, similar to a doorway) · pl wykrywacz metali (a hand-held device) · de Metalldetektor (a structure, similar to a doorway) · uk металодете́ктор (a hand-held device) · ro detector de metale (a hand-held device) · it rilevametalli (a structure, similar to a doorway) · hu fémérzékelő (a hand-held device) · uk металошука́ч (a hand-held device) · sv larmbåge (a structure, similar to a doorway) · tr metal dedektörü (a hand-held device) · cs bezpečnostní rám (a structure, similar to a doorway)