Usage Note
Détection is used in technical, scientific, and security contexts — détection de menaces (threat detection), détection de métaux (metal detection). The related verb is détecter and the agent noun is détecteur (detector). It is a direct borrowing from English/Latin and is used mainly in formal or technical registers.
Examples
"Le système de détection a signalé une anomalie."
Natural Translation
The detection system flagged an anomaly.
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