transducer
noun
trans·duc·er
tran(t)s-ˈdü-sər 
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
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The troubleshooting also found wiring in the plane’s wheel speed transducers — which measure the speed of rotation of the aircraft’s wheels for braking control — were incorrectly installed.
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Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2024
Those systems included an acoustic model, a language model, a pronunciation model, a weighted finite state transducer, and an inverse text normalizer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2024
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
Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2024
Those systems included an acoustic model, a language model, a pronunciation model, a weighted finite state transducer, and an inverse text normalizer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2024
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
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transducer
noun
trans·duc·er
-ˈd(y)ü-sər
: 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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