Thesaurus results for SENSORS

sensors

noun

plural of sensor

as in detectors

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 sensors These sensors are powered by the L4 Ouster Silicon architecture, which provides double the range and resolution of the previous generation. —

Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026 The answer goes beyond smarter sensors or better analytics. —

Chase Garbarino, Fortune, 15 May 2026 Those customers have complained online about being unable to use AcuRite Now to rename multiple temperature sensors, difficulties uploading data to weather sites, and the app only reporting temperatures in whole numbers. —

Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026 Starting at around $4,000, each bespoke Monster Wolf is now equipped with battery power, solar panels, and detection sensors. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 May 2026 Tirias Research tracks and consults for companies throughout the electronics ecosystem from semiconductors to systems and sensors to the cloud. —

Francis Sideco, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 The documents include more than 20 video files showing unidentified objects captured by military sensors in locations from Syria and Japan to North America. —

Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026 Unlike the Apple Vision Pro headset, another device with a slew of external sensors, the new AirPods aren’t designed to support hand-gesture control. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2026 The findings collected from data sensors across the Sierra reinforced what was observed by the Department of Water Resources’ first survey of the water year at Phillips Station in El Dorado County. —

Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensors

detectors

Noun

After determining what this signature would look like, Vicente and colleagues searched through data gathered by LIGO and its fellow gravitational wave detectors, KAGRA (Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector) and Virgo, focusing on 28 of the clearest signals from merging black holes.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 May 2026
That six-story building has had 117 open violations, which include defective self-closing doors on the fourth and sixth floors and nonfunctioning smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, city records show.

— Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026