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
The drone can carry different mission modules, including sensors, and possibly even munitions.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
The heart rate monitor typically comes in the form of electronic sensors that need to be held by the user for a few seconds to view the heart rate on the display.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
One key component producer is Hesai Technology, the world’s leading producer of automotive lidar sensors, which are used by robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles to recognize their environment and avoid obstacles.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Those sensors have also been engineered to self-clean throughout a journey so that snow and ice aren’t able to accumulate fast enough to disrupt the vehicle’s line of sight, according to Tretter.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The space also integrates light sensors that adjust brightness according to rain or shine, a nod to the natural world that is part of the brand’s outdoor heritage.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
In 2019, one exploded on a launch pad during a test in Russia’s Arctic, killing at least five scientists and triggering alarms over nuclear contamination, which was detected by European sensors.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
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
Launching from an Indian rocket, the spacecraft will carry a variety of sensors, some provided by NASA, to study shifts in Earth’s land- and ice-covered surfaces using synthetic aperture radar.
—Michael Roston, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
The heart rate monitor typically comes in the form of electronic sensors that need to be held by the user for a few seconds to view the heart rate on the display.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
One key component producer is Hesai Technology, the world’s leading producer of automotive lidar sensors, which are used by robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles to recognize their environment and avoid obstacles.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Those sensors have also been engineered to self-clean throughout a journey so that snow and ice aren’t able to accumulate fast enough to disrupt the vehicle’s line of sight, according to Tretter.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The space also integrates light sensors that adjust brightness according to rain or shine, a nod to the natural world that is part of the brand’s outdoor heritage.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
In 2019, one exploded on a launch pad during a test in Russia’s Arctic, killing at least five scientists and triggering alarms over nuclear contamination, which was detected by European sensors.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
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
Launching from an Indian rocket, the spacecraft will carry a variety of sensors, some provided by NASA, to study shifts in Earth’s land- and ice-covered surfaces using synthetic aperture radar.
—Michael Roston, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensors
detectors
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The underlying principle is the same one that’s at play in the modern LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA detectors, but with a much smaller-scale set of experiments.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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In this latest study, Parise simulated a grid of these detectors spread across visual and auditory space.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Sensors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensors. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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