mine detector

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   detector consisting of an electromagnetic device; used to locate explosive mines

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Questions about mine detector

What does mine detector mean?

mine detector means "detector consisting of an electromagnetic device; used to locate explosive mines".

Is mine detector a common word?

mine detector is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.