Definition of sensor
1
: a device that responds to a physical stimulus (such as heat, light, sound, pressure, magnetism, or a particular motion) and transmits a resulting impulse (as for measurement or operating a control)
2
: sense organ
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The first known use of sensor was circa 1928
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