Thesaurus results for SENSOR

sensor

noun

ˈsen-ˌsȯr

as in detector

a device that detects some physical quantity and responds usually with a transmitted signal the cat accidentally triggered the motion sensor, which set off the alarm

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Recent Examples of sensor The main camera, part of the phone's triple 50MP system, now features a Sony LYTIA 710 sensor, a slight step up from last year's Sony LYT700C. —

Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026 Future sensors SpaceX's satellites won't replace the current airplanes that the military uses to track moving targets. —

Julian Dossett, Space.com, 2 June 2026 Gao and his cofounders use different methods of collecting data from humans, including custom hardware like body sensors as well as iPhones. —

Ben Weiss, Fortune, 1 June 2026 The robot pulls together information from its cameras and onboard sensors, together with other sensors installed in a home, to figure out its location and who is in the room. —

Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for sensor

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detector

Noun

The detectors are set to begin a six-month intermediate observing run (IR1) later this year.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 June 2026
The chemical is believed to work in a number of ways—jamming smell detectors so that mosquitoes cannot recognize a human or animal target, conferring a bitter taste that mosquitoes detect on their feet, or mimicking the smell of natural mosquito-repelling plants.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 28 May 2026