metal detector

See also: metaldetector

English

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A hand-held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal.
A metal-detecting device, incorporated into a full-body scanner structure, through which people pass, used to detect certain concealed weapons and certain contraband.

Derived terms

metal detectorist

Related terms

Translations

a hand-held device

Catalan: cercametalls m, cercatresors m
Danish: metaldetektor c
Dutch: metaaldetector (nl) m
Finnish: metallinpaljastin (fi)
French: détecteur de métaux (fr) m
German: Metalldetektor (de) m
Hungarian: fémérzékelő
Italian: metal detector (it) m, cercametalli (it) m, rilevametalli (it) m, rivelametalli (it) m
Japanese: 金属探知機 (ja)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Polish: wykrywacz metali
Romanian: detector de metale (ro) n
Russian: металлоиска́тель (ru) m (metalloiskátelʹ)
Spanish: detector de metal m, detector metálico de mano m, detector de metales de brazo m
Swedish: metalldetektor (sv) c
Turkish: metal dedektörü (tr)
Ukrainian: металодете́ктор m (metalodetéktor), металошука́ч m (metalošukáč)

a structure, similar to a doorway

Czech: bezpečnostní rám
Danish: metaldetektor c
Dutch: metaaldetector (nl) m
Finnish: metallinpaljastin (fi)
German: Metalldetektor (de) m
Italian: metal detector (it) m, cercametalli (it) m, rilevametalli (it) m, rivelametalli (it) m
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Polish: wykrywacz metali, bramka (pl) f
Russian: дете́ктор мета́лла m (detéktor metálla)
Spanish: detector de metal m, detector metálico pórtico m, detector fijo de metales m
Swedish: metalldetektor (sv) c, larmbåge c

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