sensor
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A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.
sostantivo
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A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.
The smoke sensor triggered the alarm.
Modern phones contain a light sensor that adjusts brightness.
A motion sensor detected movement in the empty room.
Etimologia
Originated 1925–30, formed as a Latin loanword from sentiō (“to feel”) + -tor (“-er”). By surface analysis, sense + -or.
Forme
- plurale
- sensors
Sensing · A surname.sensitive · Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.sensitivity · The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
sensor · A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.
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