sensor

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Originated 1925–30 from sense + -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɛn.sə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɛn.sɚ/
• Homophones: censer, censor

Noun

sensor (plural sensors)

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

Translations

device or organ that detects certain external stimuli

• Bulgarian: сензор (bg) (sénzor) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳感器 (cmn), 传感器 (cmn) (chuán'gǎnqì)

• Esperanto: sensilo (eo)
• Estonian: andur (et) (device)
• Finnish: anturi (fi), tunnistin (fi) (device); aistin (fi); tuntoelin (fi) (organ)
• French: détecteur (fr), capteur (fr) m
• German: Sensor (de) m

• Irish: braiteoir (ga) m
• Italian: sensore (it) m
• Japanese: センサー (ja) (sensā), センサ (ja) (sensa)
• Korean: 센서 (ko) (senseo)
• Portuguese: sensor (pt) m
• Russian: сенсор (ru) (sɛ́nsor) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: osjetnik (sh) m (device), osjetilo (sh) n (organ)
• Ukrainian: сенсор (uk) (sénsor) m 

References

• “sensor” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “sensor” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "sensor" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

Anagrams

• snores

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Spanish

Noun

sensor m (plural sensores)

1. sensor

Related terms

• sensorio
• sensorial

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Swedish

Noun

sensor c

1. a sensor

Declension

Declension of sensor

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sensor	sensorn	sensorer	sensorerna
genitive	sensors	sensorns	sensorers	sensorernas

Related terms

• temperatursensor

See also

• givare