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Noun Concept

Categories: Transducers, Articles with short description, Measuring instruments, Sensors

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Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner WordNet 3.0

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Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A sensor is a device that produces an output signal for the purpose of sensing a physical phenomenon. Wikipedia

Device that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal which can be read by an observer or by an instrument. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Device that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal Wikidata

A mechanical, electrical, or chemical device that automatically identifies and records or registers a stimulus, such as an environmental change in pressure or temperature, an electrical signal, or radiation from a radioactive material. OmegaWiki

The generic name for a device that senses either the absolute value or a change in a physical quantity such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, or pH, or the intensity of light, sound, or ratio waves and converts that change into a useful input signal for an information-gathering system. OmegaWiki

A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning. Wiktionary

Device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon. Wiktionary (translation)

A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner. Wiktionary

Device or organ that detects certain external stimuli. Wiktionary (translation)

Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings. Wiktionary

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device

technological component

measuring instrument

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automaton

measuring instrument