sensor

[ sen-sawr, -ser ]
/ ˈsɛn sɔr, -sər /

noun

a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
a sense organ.

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Origin of sensor

First recorded in 1925–30; sense + -or2

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Words nearby sensor

sensitized cell, sensitizing dye, sensitometer, sensitometric curve, sensitometry, sensor, sensor network, sensori-, sensorial, sensorimotor, sensorimotor area
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British Dictionary definitions for sensor

sensor
/ (ˈsɛnsə) /

noun

anything, such as a photoelectric cell, that receives a signal or stimulus and responds to it

Word Origin for sensor

C19: from Latin sēnsus perceived, from sentīre to observe
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Medical definitions for sensor

sensor
[ sĕn′sər, -sôr′ ]

n.

A device, such as a photoelectric cell, that receives and responds to a signal or stimulus.
sense organ
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