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Sensor : (noun)
1: 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 [syn: detector, sensing element]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sensor : \Sen"sor\, a.
Sensory; as, the sensor nerves.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sensor :
An electronic device used to measure a physical
quantity such as temperature, pressure or loudness and convert
it into an electronic signal of some kind (e.g a voltage).
Sensors are normally components of some larger electronic
system such as a computer control and/or measurement system.
Analog sensors most often produce a voltage proportional to
the measured quantity. The signal must be converted to
digital form with a ADC before the CPU can process it.
Digital sensors most often use serial communication such as
EIA-232 to return information directly to the controller or
computer through a serial port.
(1997-04-15)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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