sensor
898
3.4
- noun
- /ˈsɛn.sɚ/
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sensor
- We installed a smoke sensor in the kitchen to alert us in case of fire.
- temperature sensor
- pressure sensor
- sensor data
The term full frame sensor refers refers to what?
- The term full frame sensor refers refers to what?
- I put the glass breaking sensor by all the windows.
- We also get a fingerprint sensor and that display.
- It now has a temperature and humidity sensor inside.
- And in this package, I just received the new weight sensor like this.
- And that's a factor of the sensor size saving.
- In fact, you want to use sensors to look up.
Examples
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We also get a fingerprint sensor and that display.
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It's got a motion sensor to turn it on and off.
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I put the glass breaking sensor by all the windows.
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Engineers should expect their sensors to break at some point.
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Now, by my calculations, there are 23 sensors in and about the house.
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Coaches and athletes can use data from wireless sensors to improve sports training.
Academic text (2011) -
It now has a temperature and humidity sensor inside.
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Continuously operating e-Nanoflex sensor systems will generate an enormous amount of data.
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Lighting is automatically controlled by sensors, allowing natural daylight to substitute for artificial lighting when appropriate.
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The security system includes a sensor that detects any movement around the house.
Synonyms
189
3.5
A device that senses things like metal, movement, or radioactivity
61
6.1
A part of the body like a cell that receives chemical or nerve signals and reacts
1
4.6
A device that uses living parts to detect and measure chemicals or signs of disease
1
5.8
A body part that senses touch, light, or sound and sends signals to the brain
A device that detects heat, light, pressure, or movement and produces a signal
A very small device that detects physical or chemical changes and makes an electric signal
A sensor that detects objects by sensing small changes in electric charge
Compounds
- Specialized
A sensor that detects objects by sensing small changes in electric charge
How Accurate
- Specialized
22
4.9
1
6.1
- Specialized
1
6.3
- Specialized
189
3.5
898
3.4
305
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sensor comes from the Latin root sens- and the verb sentire, which means 'to feel', and it shares this root with the familiar word sense. So a sensor is something that 'feels' heat, light, motion, or pressure and then tells a device about that change.