detecting
検出する
解説 Definition
「detecting」は、何かを感知したり、発見したり、検出しているという状態や動作を表します。機器やシステムが異常や信号を感知する場合にも使われますし、人が何かの存在や変化に気づいていく過程にも使われます。探偵や調査の文脈でも頻繁に登場します。
Finding or identifying the presence of something that is hidden, faint, unusual, or not immediately obvious. The form often describes the function of a person, device, test, or system, as in detecting smoke, disease, signals, or suspicious activity.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形detect「検出する」に-ingをそのまま付けた形で、発音も語幹の語末 /t/ を保つ。例文では「for detecting smoke」「method for detecting cancer」のように、装置・方法が隠れた兆候を見つける働きを表す。discoverよりも、信号・異常・痕跡を調査や機器で見つける語感が強い。
Detecting is detect plus -ing; no letter is dropped or doubled. Keep the base meaning of detect in mind: uncovering something that is present but concealed, faint, or difficult to notice. Picture a smoke detector finding a tiny trace, a medical test identifying early cancer, or software recognizing unusual network activity. Common frames include a method for detecting something and a system capable of detecting something. Compared with discover, detect more often suggests purposeful observation, testing, measurement, or recognition of a signal, trace, problem, or hidden presence.
例文
The smoke detector is designed for detecting even the smallest traces of smoke.
その煙感知器は、ごくわずかな煙でも検出できるように設計されている。
Scientists are working on a new method for detecting cancer at an early stage.
科学者たちは、がんを初期段階で検出する新しい方法の研究に取り組んでいる。
The software is capable of detecting unusual activity in the network.
そのソフトウェアは、ネットワーク内の異常なアクティビティを検出することができる。
detecting の類義語・関連語
detecting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
detecting は detect＋-ing。detect はラテン語 detegere（de-「取り去る」＋tegere「覆う」）に由来し、「覆いを外す」から「隠れたものを見つける」、つまり「検出する」になりました。関連語に detect, protect があります。
Detecting is the -ing form of detect. Detect comes from Latin detegere, formed from de-, expressing removal, and tegere, “to cover.” Its literal sense was to uncover or expose, which developed into finding something concealed or recognizing evidence of its presence. English retains that idea in contexts such as detecting smoke, disease, fraud, or a signal: observation or a device effectively removes the covering from what was not obvious.
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