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
High-end trackers use the sensor data to help athletes train at altitude for optimum performance, but the feature became more important during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Adrienne So, Wired News, 14 Aug. 2025
The device has facial recognition and infrared sensors to determine who is in a room.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
The hardware platforms are identical (car, engines, tires, sensors, compute).
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
But Hollander warns that sometimes the sensors trigger false positives.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2025
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Adrienne So, Wired News, 14 Aug. 2025
The device has facial recognition and infrared sensors to determine who is in a room.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
The hardware platforms are identical (car, engines, tires, sensors, compute).
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
But Hollander warns that sometimes the sensors trigger false positives.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensor
detector
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To bypass it, the Genius approached the sensor with a homemade polyester shield and placed it right in front of the detector to prevent it from picking up on the team’s body heat.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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The trigger system tells the detector to disregard the data that is not of interest, while saving the data of interest.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Sensor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensor. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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