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Technical mitigation for ultra-wideband
Detect and avoid (DAA) is a set of technologies designed to avoid interference between a given emitter and the wireless environment. Its need was generated
Detect_and_avoid
Spirit from Australian Aboriginal mythology
sound, and have eyes that smolder like the coals of a cold fire. These features were supposed to make it possible for humans to detect and avoid nearby
Malingee
Israeli military drone, 2009
company, which was contracted directly by armasuisse to develop and integrate a “Detect-and-Avoid” (DAA) collision-avoidance system on the Hermes 900 HFE. The
Elbit_Hermes_900
Avoidance of a known toxic substance
usually the taste or odor, of a toxic substance and the illness it produces; this allows them to detect and avoid the substance. Poison shyness occurs as an
Poison_shyness
Aspect of animal behaviour and morphology
evolutionary pressure for prey animals to avoid predators through camouflage, and for predators to be able to detect camouflaged prey. There can be a self-perpetuating
Crypsis
Fungus that can act as a parasite of insects
infected and/or die. In contrast, termites detect and avoid some lethal conidia strains. Other soil-dwelling insects have evolved the ability to detect and avoid
Entomopathogenic_fungus
US policy on autonomous weapons
design and engineer AI capabilities to fulfill their intended functions while possessing the ability to detect and avoid unintended consequences, and the
Department of Defense Directive 3000.09
Department_of_Defense_Directive_3000.09
Mammals of the family Leporidae
field of vision and ears with high surface area to detect potential predators. The ears of a rabbit are essential for thermoregulation and contain a high
Rabbit
Type of aircraft
T-20 made aviation history as the first unmanned aerial vehicle to detect and avoid a general aviation manned aircraft using an ADS-B transponder. The
AeroVironment_T-20
Object detection system using radio waves
direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It is a radiodetermination method used to detect and track aircraft
Radar
Australian carnivorous marsupial
similar size, showed that devils were more difficult for drivers to detect and avoid. At high beam, devils had the lowest detection distance, 40% closer
Tasmanian_devil
Turbulent movement of transparent air masses
that it is difficult for aircraft pilots to detect and avoid it. However, it can be remotely detected with instruments that can measure turbulence with
Clear-air_turbulence
American-based men's care brand
directions instruct users to do a 48-hour skin allergy test prior to use to detect and avoid any reactions. PPD was voted Allergen of the Year in 2006 by the American
Just_for_Men
Series of autonomous robotic vacuum cleaners sold by iRobot
and was first introduced in September 2002. Roombas have a set of sensors which help them navigate the floor area of a home. These sensors can detect
Roomba
calculate an trajectory that avoids collisions using geographical information. Sense and avoid methods detect and avoid individual objects without attributes
Collision avoidance in transportation
Collision_avoidance_in_transportation
Sound waves with frequencies above the human hearing range
Miller LA (2001). "How some insects detect and avoid being eaten by bats: Tactics and counter tactics of prey and predator". BioScience. 51 (7): 570.
Ultrasound
Digital communication network standard for controlling stage lighting and effects
using adaptive frequency hopping, a technique to detect and avoid surrounding wireless systems, to avoid transmitting on occupied frequencies. Multiple
DMX512
Corporation in Colorado, US
International (February 27, 2019). "NEW CSG SOLUTION AIMS TO DETECT AND AVOID TELECOM FRAUD USING BIG DATA AND AI MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES". CSG International
CSG_Systems
Process of verifying information in non-fictional text
CNET. Retrieved 9 January 2023. "12 Browser Extensions to Help You Detect and Avoid Fake News". The Trusted Web. 18 March 2021. Archived from the original
Fact-checking
Type of socially subordinate ranking
preferentially select higher perches to put themselves in the best position to detect and avoid predators, as well as to display their dominance to other members of
Dominance_hierarchy
Hunting animals using specialized handguns
to kill the animal humanely, giving said animal more chance of detecting and avoiding the hunter. Most hunting handguns are either single-shot pistols
Handgun_hunting
Type of navigation system
receivers to monitor their movements and behavior. Mines Detection: Acoustic homing can be used to detect and avoid buried antitank mines during warfare
Acoustic_homing
Microprocessor security vulnerability
it is possible to mitigate it within CPU design. A CPU that could detect and avoid memory access for unprivileged instructions, or was not susceptible
Meltdown (security vulnerability)
Meltdown_(security_vulnerability)
Genus of dolphin
was predicted by water depth. Shallow water may allow mothers and calves to detect and avoid predatory sharks. Alternatively, or additionally, prey density
Bottlenose_dolphin
Type of video game anti-cheat
operate within an operating system's kernel space (Ring 0) in order to detect and prevent unauthorized modification of video game processes. Unlike user-mode
Kernel-level_anti-cheat
devices would avoid the traditional transmitters when they came into geographical proximity or radio range. DAA stands for “Detect and Avoid” and is a similar
List_of_UWB_channels
Canadian narrative development and consultation studio
encouraging players to avoid the games as the studio promoted a "woke agenda". The curator group, known as "Sweet Baby Inc detected", received increased
Sweet_Baby_Inc.
Design of tasks
Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan; Parker, Timothy H. (23 November 2016). "Detecting and avoiding likely false-positive findings – a practical guide". Biological
Design_of_experiments
Prize competition for American autonomous vehicles
designers to build vehicles able to obey all traffic laws while they detect and avoid other robots on the course. This is a particular challenge for vehicle
DARPA_Grand_Challenge
Guide – A person who walks in front of a vehicle in order to detect and avoid obstacles and guide the driver to the proper spot. Grunt or Ground Pounder
List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions
List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_acronyms_and_expressions
Concept in Evolution
Annemarie (July 2001). "How Some Insects Detect and Avoid Being Eaten by Bats: Tactics and Countertactics of Prey and Predator" (PDF). BioScience. 51 (7):
Evolutionary_arms_race
Method used by several animal species to determine location using sound
less able to detect and avoid an oncoming bat. A single echolocation call (a call being a single continuous trace on a sound spectrogram, and a series of
Animal_echolocation
Incorrect or misleading information
2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023. "12 Browser Extensions to Help You Detect and Avoid Fake News". The Trusted Web. 18 March 2021. Archived from the original
Misinformation
Inflammation of the skin due to contact with an allergen
healing as long as the trigger is avoided. Also, the condition might become chronic if the allergen is not detected and avoided. Identification of the allergen
Allergic_contact_dermatitis
Field of computer security
applications and network hardware. SIEM systems are central to security operations centers (SOCs), where they are employed to detect, investigate, and respond
Security information and event management
Security_information_and_event_management
Mobile robot design
navigation, and achieves point-point and surveillance tasks. It uses the laser range finder to actively detect and avoid both static and dynamic obstacles
Ballbot
Autonomous vacuum floor cleaning system
running over it. Some advanced robot vacuum cleaners have a sensor that detects and avoids mopping in carpeted areas. However, if there is no sensor, most of
Robotic_vacuum_cleaner
educates school groups to detect and avoid unexploded ordnance including landmines and cluster bomblets from historic and ongoing Afghan wars. The museum
OMAR_Mine_Museum
Autonomous mobility networks company
vehicles "can detect and avoid obstacles such as traffic lights, pedestrians, cyclists or other vehicles", through "the use of cameras and a combination
Goggo_Network
Third driverless car competition of the DARPA Grand Challenge
able to obey all traffic laws while they detect and avoid other vehicles on the course; other competing robots and human professional drivers occupied the
DARPA_Grand_Challenge_(2007)
Capability in robotics
of autonomous navigation and control systems. It is the capability of a robot or an autonomous system/machine to detect and circumvent obstacles in its
Obstacle_avoidance
Animal reflex to escape or avoid echolocating predators
Surlykke, A. (2001). "How Some Insects Detect and Avoid Being Eaten by Bats: Tactics and Countertactics of Prey and Predator". BioScience. 51 (7): 570–581
Ultrasound_avoidance
Chinese lunar sample-return mission
obstacle avoidance system, visible light camera, and laser 3D scanner to detect and avoid lunar obstacles and uneven terrain. At 22:23 UTC, it landed in the
Chang'e_6
American drone manufacturer
achievement for the group led by Iris Automation and Kansas State DOT. Iris Automations Casia detect and avoid system was on board at the time. In 2022, Applied
Applied_Aeronautics
Prevention of the occurrence of diseases
aims to detect and treat a disease early on. Secondary prevention consists of "early diagnosis and prompt treatment" to contain the disease and prevent
Preventive_healthcare
both visual and olfactory cues to detect and avoid the toxic species. In particular, native Australian frog species have been found to avoid the scent of
Adaptations of Australian animals to cane toads
Adaptations_of_Australian_animals_to_cane_toads
Anti-Vietnam War activists who raided a draft office in New Jersey
while working with the F.B.I., in how to detect and avoid burglar alarms, by providing ladders, tools and instruction on how to break into a fifth‐floor
The_Camden_28
Motorcar safety system
that can automatically detect a potential forward collision and activate the vehicle braking system to decelerate a vehicle to avoid or mitigate a collision
Collision_avoidance_system
NASA technology
with ALHAT will have the ability to detect and avoid obstacles such as craters, rocks and slopes and land safely and precisely on a surface. The project
Autonomous Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology
Autonomous_Landing_Hazard_Avoidance_Technology
Topics referred to by the same term
individual who provides oversight of an IT environment Detect and Avoid, a set of technologies designed to avoid interference of UWB upon other networks Direct
DAA
Electrical grounding for safety or function
earthing resistor is monitored to detect an interrupted ground connection and to shut off power if a fault is detected. To avoid accidental shock, current sensing
Earthing_system
Simple email-validation system designed to detect email spoofing
the somewhat similar INCLUDE-mechanism. As soon as SPF implementations detect syntax errors in a sender policy they must abort the evaluation with result
Sender_Policy_Framework
Statistical error
randomization and instrumentation. Sample ratio mismatches can be detected using a chi-squared test. Using methods to detect SRM can help non-experts avoid making
Sample_ratio_mismatch
General-purpose programming language
are undefined. Many modern compilers try to detect and warn about this problem, but both false positives and false negatives can occur. Heap memory allocation
C_(programming_language)
Species of arachnid (type of jumping spider)
detect motion from the sides and behind. All pairs of the secondary eyes are used in motion detection, feeding directly into successful hunting and predator
Phidippus_audax
American psychologist (1917–2012)
interest quickly peered to radiation and brain research. Early on, he discovered that rats could detect and avoid low doses of radiation, lower than a
John_Garcia_(psychologist)
Computer graphics simulation of deformable objects
detection, with other ad hoc ways to avoid failing to detect collisions. Detection of collisions between cloth and environmental objects with a well defined
Soft-body_dynamics
American experimental physicist (1927–2013)
dusters. One example, the Boomerang, sent out sound waves to detect and avoid collisions, and looked like giant maple seed. In the 1980s, Shoulders moved
Kenneth_R._Shoulders
Medical condition
and detect quartan fever. Rapid diagnostic tests can detect the antigens which cause malaria. A sample of blood is collected from the patient and placed
Quartan_fever
Service layer in IEEE 802 network standards
hub networks, wireless networks and half-duplex point-to-point links. The multiple access method may detect or avoid data packet collisions if a packet
Medium_access_control
Being frugal in the consumption of consumable resources
efficiency, avoiding traps, defying expensive social norms, detecting and avoiding manipulative advertising, embracing cost-free options, using barter, and staying
Frugality
Aircraft capable of uncrewed flight yet able to be manually piloted
relay communications between Air Traffic Control and the ground pilot, and autonomously detect and avoid hazardous traffic via wing-mounted cameras.[failed
Optionally_piloted_vehicle
Term in navigation
especially deck hands and those who stand watch on the bridge, are trained to watch for this situation and make it known when they detect it happening. The
Constant bearing, decreasing range
Constant_bearing,_decreasing_range
Missile flight technique
technique many anti-ship missiles and some fighter or strike aircraft use to avoid radar and infrared detection and to lower the probability of being
Sea_skimming
Electrical device which utilizes a sensor to detect nearby motion
A motion detector is an electrical device that utilizes a sensor to detect nearby motions (motion detection). Such a device is often integrated as a component
Motion_detector
Transmission of information
molecules, which other bacteria detect and respond to. This process is used to monitor the environment for other bacteria and to coordinate population-wide
Communication
Compact astronomical body
black hole's event horizon traps an object inside but produces no locally detectable change. General relativity also predicts that every black hole should
Black_hole
Instrument used for detecting underground cables
instrument used for detecting the presence and approximate location of buried services in advance of undertaking excavation works. It aims to avoid accidents while
Cable_locator
Oral sex on the penis by a sexual partner
partner taking the penis into the mouth and moving smoothly up and down to a rhythm while being careful to avoid contact with the teeth. Fellatio also includes
Fellatio
2015 video game
battles, players control a small heart which represents their soul, and must avoid attacks unleashed by the opposing monster similar to a bullet hell shooter
Undertale
Hypothetical examples of a planet and a moon supporting extraterrestrial life
the ability for all living organisms to detect and avoid solar flares. Some red dwarf stars are unstable and eject frequent solar flares. Such intense
Extraterrestrial_(TV_program)
Tabular arrangement of the chemical elements
element. A 1971 study claimed to have detected primordial plutonium, but a more recent study from 2012 could not detect it. Based on its likely initial abundance
Periodic_table
Methods of detecting exoplanets usually rely on indirect strategies – that is, they do not directly image the planet but deduce its existence from another
Methods of detecting exoplanets
Methods_of_detecting_exoplanets
amplification is an optical-visual technique for detecting and visualizing vibrations and resonances. It works by detecting small variations in pixels from video
Motion_amplification
Erroneous AI-generated content
its generated content. Detecting and mitigating errors and hallucinations pose significant challenges for practical deployment and reliability of LLMs in
Hallucination (artificial intelligence)
Hallucination_(artificial_intelligence)
Latin epic poem by Virgil
been detected in the poem. The Aeneid is full of prophecies about the future of Rome, the deeds of Augustus, his ancestors, and famous Romans, and the
Aeneid
Predatory cartilaginous fishes
fused, unlike bony fish) between the anterior and posterior nasal openings, with some species able to detect as little as one part per million of blood in
Shark
Third generation of double-data-rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory
DDR3 Serial Presence Detect (SPD) document (SPD4_01_02_11) adds support for Load Reduction DIMMs and also for 16b-SO-DIMMs and 32b-SO-DIMMs. JEDEC Solid
DDR3_SDRAM
Realistic artificially generated media
response, the information technology industry and governments have proposed recommendations and methods to detect and mitigate their use. Academic research has
Deepfake
Entertainment resort in Orlando, Florida, US
Disney confirmed the addition of randomized secondary screenings and dogs trained to detect body-worn explosives within parks, in addition to metal detectors
Walt_Disney_World
Disorder of decreased tolerance to specific sounds
stimulus is detected, people with misophonia may have difficulty distracting themselves from the stimulus and may experience suffering, distress, and/or impairment
Misophonia
Malware embedded in hardware; harder to detect and fix than software vulnerabilities
trojan without detecting the trojan requires that the trojan uses a random signal or some cryptographic implementation itself. To avoid storing a cryptographic
Hardware_trojan
1945 attacks in Japan during WWII
Japanese early warning radar detected the approach of numerous American aircraft headed for the southern part of Japan. Radar detected 65 bombers headed for
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
Nonprofit education and peace organization
Bechtel, who helped people in war-torn countries detect and avoid landmines ("Banjos, Landmines, and Saying Yes"); Jake Davis, an ethical hacker ("How
We_Are_Family_Foundation
High level structures of a software system
costs, and degrade software quality. Various approaches and tools have been proposed to detect architecture erosion. These approaches are primarily classified
Software_architecture
Award presented by NASA
App Development Team Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Detect and Avoid Team Autonomous Systems and Operations (ASO) Project Autonomous Habitat Demonstration
NASA_Group_Achievement_Award
Sexual activity involving stimulation of the genitalia by use of the mouth
real dental dams cover a larger area, avoid accidents caused by "slipping" outside the covered area, and avoid the risk that makeshift versions may be
Oral_sex
Ohio self-driving vehicle initiative
DSRC units, along with units in a set of test vehicles. Ground-Based Detect and Avoid Drone Pilot. The UAS Center is partnering with the Air Force Research
DriveOhio
Weapon for use in waters, triggered by the target's approach
submarines down to around 200 meters (660 feet). They are much harder to detect and sweep, and can carry a much larger warhead than a moored mine. Bottom mines
Naval_mine
Thought experiment on artificial intelligence
distinguishes the mind from thermostats and livers." He takes it as obvious that we can detect the presence of consciousness and dismisses these replies as being
Chinese_room
Michigan Air National Guard training facility
the capabilities of an upcoming technology called the 'Ground Based Detect and Avoid system (GBDAA) at the Alpena CRTC. In 2021, for the first time in United
Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center
Alpena_Combat_Readiness_Training_Center
Unique numeric book identifier since 1970
check digit method therefore ensures that it will always be possible to detect these two most common types of error, i.e., if either of these types of
ISBN
Unusually small penis
congenital hypopituitarism. Several homeobox genes affect penis and digit size without detectable hormone abnormalities.[citation needed] In addition, in utero
Micropenis
Protection of computer systems from information disclosure, theft or damage
information, install unwanted software, and even take control of the entire computer." Backdoors can be difficult to detect, as they often remain hidden within
Computer_security
Way to traverse IP address spaces without routing
its communication peers in the external network detect. Furthermore, it may be necessary to examine and categorize the type of mapping in use, for example
Network_address_translation
Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
and mitigation software to stop community transmission of COVID-19 as soon as it is detected, with the goal of getting the area back to zero detected
COVID-19_pandemic
System that detects unauthorised entry
system is to detect burglars before they enter the house to avoid both theft and vandalism. The sensitivity is dependent on the size of a home and the presence
Security_alarm
applies counter-control to reduce the likelihood of a crash. It also detects and avoids overcompensation of the controls, one of the leading causes of crashes
HobbyZone
Data item stored in a browser by a website
shared object, HTML5 Web storage, and other client-side and even server-side locations, and when absence is detected in one of the locations, the missing
HTTP_cookie
Analysis of software performed when running a program
Valgrind: Runs programs on a virtual processor and can detect memory errors (e.g., misuse of malloc and free) and race conditions in multithread programs. Fuzzing
Dynamic_program_analysis
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Female
Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Anna, ANA means "favor; grace."Â Compare with another form of Ana.
Female
Arthurian
, ("mother"); a war goddess, mother of the gods, and mother of Gawain.
Female
Danish
, compassion, grace; and, prayers.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Rand(e), a short form of any of the various Germanic compound personal names with the first element rand ‘(shield) rim’, as for example Randolph.English : topographic name for someone who lived on the margin of a settlement or on the bank of a river (from Old English rand ‘rim’, used in a topographical sense), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Rand in Lincolnshire and Rand Grange in North Yorkshire.German : from a short form of any of the various compound names formed with rand- ‘rim’. Compare 1.German : topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German rand, rant ‘edge’, ‘rim’.
Girl/Female
Irish
Bard.
Boy/Male
German, Spanish
Famous Land
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Decent honest and modest
Female
Serbian
(Bulgarian and Serbian Ðна): Bulgarian and Serbian form of Greek Hanna, ANA means "favor; grace."
Female
Bulgarian
(Ðна), compassion, grace; and, prayers.
Boy/Male
English American German
Leader.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, German
Ruler of the People; The People's Ruler
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, Scottish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : topographic name for someone who lived on patch of sandy soil, from the vocabulary word sand. As a Swedish or Jewish name it was often purely ornamental.Dutch and Belgian : reduced form of Van den Sand(e), Van den Zande, a habitational name from places such as Zande in West Flanders or various minor places named with zand ‘sand’.English and Scottish : from a short form of Alexander.French : from a Germanic personal name, Sando.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : nickname for someone with a deformed hand or who had lost one hand, from Middle English hand, Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from German Hand ‘hand’ (see 1).Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithimh (see Guthrie), resulting from an erroneous association of the Gaelic name with the Gaelic word lámh ‘hand’. It is used as an English equivalent for several other names of Gaelic origin too, e.g. Claffey, Glavin, and McClave.Dutch : from a variant of hont ‘dog’, ‘hound’, either a derogatory nickname, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a dog.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : topographic name from Old English land, Middle High German lant, ‘land’, ‘territory’. This had more specialized senses in the Middle Ages, being used to denote the countryside as opposed to a town or an estate.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a forest glade, Middle English, Old French la(u)nde, or a habitational name from Launde in Leicestershire or Laund in West Yorkshire, which are named with this word.Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads so named, from Old Norse land ‘land’, ‘territory’ (see 1 above).
Girl/Female
Australian, Dutch
Loving and Musical
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoops and bands, etc., from Middle English band, bond, Middle High German, Middle Low German bant, German Band denoting something used for tying or binding: ‘hoop’, ‘metal band’, ‘fetter’, ‘shackle’.Old spelling of the Dutch cognates Bant, Bande, from Middle Dutch bant ‘band’.
Female
Finnish
Estonian and Finnish pet form of Greek Hanna, ANU means "favor; grace."
Male
English
Unisex pet form of English Andrew and Andrea, ANDY means "man; warrior."
Female
Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of Greek Hanna, ANE means "favor; grace."
Boy/Male
Hindu
An atom
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Boy/Male
Greek
Father of Charon.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Alice, ALYCE means "noble sort."
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Witnessed name of companion
Boy/Male
Biblical
Roof, covering.
Boy/Male
Tamil
New
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Hope; Trust in God
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Wild Meadow
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Sincere; Frank; Pure-hearted
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, Dutch, English, Jamaican, Swedish
Land Belonging to Cyneburg; Cyneburga's Land; King's City Meadow
Boy/Male
Sikh
Immovable
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v. t.
To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.
a.
Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.
a.
Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.
n.
Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.
imp. & p. p.
of Detect
n. pl.
Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick.
a.
Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
v.
Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.
n.
One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector.
v. t.
To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors.
v. t.
To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.
a.
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
v. t.
To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.
n.
One who, or that which, detects; a detecter.
a.
Detected.
v. t.
To pick out; to select; to choose.
v. t.
To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.
a.
Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.
v. t.
To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.
v. t.
To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.