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det

In the military, det is short for detect or detected. The popularity of this term, as with other military terminology, has been adopted by the video game community.

A second usage, det is also short for and used to refer to a person or item that can detect; detector or detection.

* Intimate radar contact det 20 miles
* Purchase a det because they are building stealth units.

by Chess24 December 19, 2012