探知機(たんちき)

たんちき
noun
detector
tooltechnology
1. detector
A device that finds something hidden or invisible by signal or sensor, such as metal, mines, fish, or smoke.
金属(きんぞく)探知機(たんちき)が鳴(な)った。
The metal detector went off.
空港(くうこう)で探知機(たんちき)を通(とお)る。
I go through the detector at the airport.
漁船(ぎょせん)は魚群(ぎょぐん)探知機(たんちき)で魚(さかな)の群(む)れを探(さが)す。
Fishing boats look for schools of fish with a fish finder.

From 探知(たんち) (detection) + 機(き) (machine). Usually preceded by what it detects.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 感知器(かんちき): sensor (smoke and heat alarms in buildings)
  • センサー: sensor, the everyday loanword

Related Words

Compare: センサー (sensor, the everyday loanword)
Compare: 感知器(かんちき) (detector)
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