Definition of Mine detector

1. Noun. Detector consisting of an electromagnetic device; used to locate explosive mines.

Generic synonyms: Detector, Sensing Element, Sensor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mine Detector

mindset
mindsets
mindshare
mindstate
mindstates
mindstream
mindstreams
mindtool
mindtools
mindwipe
mindwiped
mindwipes
mindwiping
mine
mine arse on a bandbox
mine detector (current term)
mine disposal
mine field
mine pig
mine run
mineable
minecart
minecarts
mined
minefield
minefields
mineful
minefuls
minehillite
minelayer

Literary usage of Mine detector

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Landmines: A Deadly Legacy by Arms Project (Human Rights Watch), Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1993)
"It cannot, however, locate individual or single mines, only minefields.47 The Vehicle Mounted mine detector would increase the ability to re-open a road net ..."

2. Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2002)
"... has since been invested.66 The DEMAND project will support the development of a Biosensor technology system within a multi-technology mine detector. ..."

3. Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-Free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (2000)
"... Defense Industries (RDI) manufacturers of, for example, the MIDAS - handheld mine detector (PIMD) and the Vehicle Mounted mine detector ..."

4. Still Killing: Landmines in Southern Africa by Alex Vines, Arms Project (Human Rights Watch) (1997)
"... an electronic mine detector is difficult. A stake and serrated fragmentation jacket converts this mine into an antipersonnel fragmentation mine with a ..."

5. Technology Against Terrorism: Structuring Security (1994)
"... Research Projects Agency, GDE is developing an improved, imaging version of a hand-held mine detector it expects to complete in 1991 (see figure C-2). ..."

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