detect a flash

Frequency: 6.27.1 per million words

To notice or discover a flash, often with effort or equipment.

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Examples (10)

  • The sensors can detect a flash of lightning from miles away.
  • Scientists were able to detect a brief flash of gamma radiation.
  • The camera's motion sensor will detect any flash of movement.
  • Astronomers hope to detect a flash from the distant supernova.
  • The equipment failed to detect the flash during the experiment.
  • Researchers can now detect even the faintest flash of light.
  • The observatory's instruments detected a mysterious flash in space.
  • Security cameras are designed to detect any flash of unusual activity.
  • The device is sensitive enough to detect a single flash of a photon.
  • Radar systems can detect the flash of an explosion from great distances.