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detection | sententious |

As a noun detection

is detection.

As an adjective sententious is

(obsolete) full of meaning.

detection

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of detecting or sensing something; discovering something that was hidden or disguised.
  • *
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  • The finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like, mostly by means of a specific device or method.

    • sententious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Full of meaning.
  • Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
  • Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.

    • Synonyms

    * (using as few words as possible) concise, pithy * (tending to use aphorisms) aphoristic

    Derived terms

    * sententiously * sententiousness

    Related terms

    * sentential