1. The act of detecting; discovery of a purposely hidden person or something before unknown.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• dereaction,
• rotection,
• destuction,
• detension,
• detacation,
• ditection,
• decection,
• dediction,
• derection,
• derction,
• detintion,
• dection,
• decuction,
• detedtion,
• deptiction,
• dysection,
• detecttion,
• dicection,
• detectin,
• dierection

• depiction,
• detestation,
• detention,
• detecting,
• detect,
• detector,
• direction,
• deduction,
• deduct,
• detest,
• detected,
• detectable,
• detective,
• dedication.

The adjective form of the word "detection" is "detective".

The plural of the "detection" can be the "detections".

The singular of the "detection" can be the "detection".