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sensor Definition

sen·sor (sen′sər, -sôr′)

noun

any of various devices designed to detect, measure, or record physical phenomena, as radiation, heat, or blood pressure, and to respond, as by transmitting information, initiating changes, or operating controls

Etymology: < L sensus, pp. of sentire, sense + -or

sensor Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • detect: The X-rays pass through your body and are detected by electronic sensors on the other side of the gantry.

Converse of object

  • calibrate: You can easily calibrate sensors without stopping the production line.
  • attach: Our wearable devices allow a range of medical signals to be collected through sensors attached to the patient.
  • embed: They are also compatible with fiber composite hosts and there is a potential of embedding the fiber optic sensor relatively unobtrusively within the host.
  • crank: CPS: An intermittent crank position sensor; a wire that's pulling apart inside the insulation and engine torque is breaking the connection.
  • incorporate: A working oral cavity vapor sampling device incorporating disposable sensors.

Adjective modifier

  • infrared: Or you can find taps with infrared sensors that you don't need to turn on or off at all.
  • infra-red: And infra-red sensors pick up signals from the hand-held remote control units used to manually adjust the lighting brightness.
  • optical: In a parallel with the development of ocean color sensors there have been major innovations in situ optical sensors.
  • ultrasonic: The Sonar I/O board is used to connect the ultrasonic sensors to the microprocessor on the Processor 2 board.
  • magnetoresistive: Honeywell's magnetoresistive sensors are utilized to provide the reliability and accuracy of these small, solid state compass designs.
  • built-in: The printer has a built-in sensor that monitors the temperature of the print head.

Modifies a noun

  • fusion: My further interests include non-linear predictive control, strap down inertial navigation and sensor fusion.
  • hologram: In addition, it has four partnerships with global, leading companies for exploitation of its novel sensor hologram technology.

Noun used with modifier

  • wavefront: Use of wavefront sensors for image motion compensation ( fast guiding ) is required.
  • fingerprint: Eurotherm's System 21 uses a spectral fingerprint sensor to measure coating thickness on substrates.
  • humidity: Can be used with upto 3 external temperature and humidity sensors ( 1 included ) with a range of around 100m in clear air.
  • lambda: One lambda sensor per cylinder informs the 32-bit control unit of the exhaust gas constitution.
  • megapixel: The 8... more megapixel sensor on the Cybershot DSC-N1 will meet the requirements of the most demanding photographers.
  • motion: Use it WITHOUT a motion sensor for these pests.