transducer
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- noun
- /trænzˈduːsər/
- Specialized
:
transductor
- The engineer explained how the transducer converts mechanical vibrations into electrical energy.
- pressure transducer
- ultrasonic transducer
- strain-gage transducer
Now this again is going to depend on your headphones and how much power is necessary to drive those transducers.
- Now this again is going to depend on your headphones and how much power is necessary to drive those transducers.
- So sound goes into our eardrums and inside there there's a transducer that converts it to an electrical signal that then goes to the brain.
- The wave runner has a new unit and transducer mount.
- And Joe Zane, who excavated the gallery walls to install the transducers inside them.
Examples
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A small and lightweight signal conditioning unit for use with strain-gage transducers is described.
Academic text (1995) -
So sound goes into our eardrums and inside there there's a transducer that converts it to an electrical signal that then goes to the brain.
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Rather than having a bigger transducer, you just have more of them.
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But you can really go down the rabbit hole because if you have a force transducer, it measures force.
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It's two transducers, one for each ear.
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Have you ever used an ultrasonic transducer?
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The unit has two input channels, so two transducers may be used.
Academic text (1994) -
The measured forces were divided by the transducer surface area to determine stresses.
Academic text (1993) -
To make the device more sensitive, a piezoelectric transducer is connected to the fiber coil.
Academic text (1994) -
You place an ultrasonic transducer here, broadcasting at the exact operating frequency of the transmitter, and it bounces back the frequency to the unit, at least in theory.
Synonyms
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A device that changes something into another form, like power or sound
A device that turns electrical signals into movement or movement into electrical signals
A device that changes electrical signals into sound or sound into electrical signals
A device that changes electromagnetic waves or magnetic fields into electrical signals and back
A device that changes something from one form into another
Compounds
- Specialized
A device that changes electrical signals into sound or sound into electrical signals
- Specialized
A device that turns electrical signals into movement or movement into electrical signals
- Specialized
A device that changes electromagnetic waves or magnetic fields into electrical signals and back
Surface Forms
Morphology
transducer = induce (semi-transparent) = trans + duce + er
The suffix '-er' indicates an agent or device, but the specific technical meaning requires specialized knowledge.
Etymology
Transducer comes from Latin parts trans- 'across' and ducere 'to lead'. You can see the same root in conduct, and a transducer is like a small bridge that 'leads across' energy from one form to another, for example turning sound into electrical signals.