transducer

noun trans·duc·er \ -ˈdü-sər , -ˈdyü- \

Updated on: 18 Apr 2018

Definition of transducer

: 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

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The iQ replaced those crystals with a microchip equipped with 9,000 metal transducers, each smaller than the tip of a human hair.

— rebecca lurye, courant.com, "Starting With Ultrasound, An Innovation Empire Is Growing In Guilford," 15 Apr. 2018
Continental has figured out a way to implant transducers in a car’s interior and use them to turn interior panels into speakers.

— neal e. boudette, New York Times, "Speakers Might Be the Next Thing in Your Car to Go the Way of the 8-Track," 22 Mar. 2018
And by connecting the transducer to a superconducting qubit, researchers link its quantum state to the SAWs.

— adrian cho, Science | AAAS, "Weird vibrations poised to control quantum computers," 14 Mar. 2018
Carmakers could build all their models with 10 transducers, and turn on only those the customer paid for.

— neal e. boudette, New York Times, "Speakers Might Be the Next Thing in Your Car to Go the Way of the 8-Track," 22 Mar. 2018
Electric guitars work because of electromagnetism: The pickups on a guitar, which are transducers, receive the mechanical vibrations of the strings and turn them into an electric current.

— rachel z. arndt, Popular Mechanics, "Play Guitar Through Your Computer Speakers," 16 Sep. 2013
Ultrasound depth measures the distance from the transducer paddle that emits the waves to the spot that’s being imaged.

— laura sanders, Washington Post, "A new study eases fears of a link between autism and prenatal ultrasounds," 26 Feb. 2018
The cone or dome drivers are transducers that transform the electrical signal into the physical movement of air (i.e., sound).

— rob sabin, Popular Mechanics, "How to Build Your Own Speakers: Step-by-Step DIY Tech," 1 Mar. 2015
Electrical impulses generated within the Fish are converted to pulses of sound that, fanning out from the side-scan transducers, make contact with a thousand yards of seabed on either side of the unit and echo back as information.

— bucky mcmahon, Esquire, "If Anyone Finds MH370, It Will Be the Men on This Ship," 14 Sep. 2015

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First Known Use of transducer

1924

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Definition of transducer for English Language Learners

: a device that changes power from one system into another form for another system

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transducer

noun trans·duc·er \ -ˈd(y)ü-sər \

medical Definition of transducer

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