transducer

noun

trans·​duc·​er tran(t)s-ˈdü-sər How to pronounce transducer (audio)
tranz-,
-ˈdyü-
: a device that is actuated by power from one system and supplies power usually in another form to a second system
a loudspeaker is a transducer that transforms electrical signals into sound energy

Examples of transducer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The back seats are quite comfortable as well, even without the transducers. Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024 The machine has a focused ultrasound transducer, which uses sound waves to travel through tissue to create intricate structures. Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 8 Dec. 2023 It also is designed for a pass-through transducer for fish finders, and the hull is self-bailing. Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023 There will be a robotic arm holding an ultrasound transducer and performing its printing in a precise pattern that’s already been preloaded to the computer. Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 7 Dec. 2023 Researchers are hoping that commercial-spaceflight passengers will be more amenable to volunteering for experiments, like having a new kind of pressure transducer surgically implanted inside their skull in the months before takeoff. Kim Tingley, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023 Elo pulled this off in perhaps the most elegant fashion, fitting two transducers onto the standard CRT display, one to transmit and one to receive acoustic waves. Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2023 Instead, the company plans to place the transducers into the skull and flush with the surface of the dura, a protective membrane that covers the brain. IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2023 In scenarios where the boat is anchoring over a wreck or rock pile to bottom fish, the stern also routinely ends up over the best part of the structure because the sonar transducer is located near the rear. Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of transducer was in 1924

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“Transducer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transducer. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

transducer

noun
trans·​duc·​er -ˈd(y)ü-sər How to pronounce transducer (audio)
: a device that is actuated by power from one system and supplies power usually in another form to a second system

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