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 crew module has been powered down for recovery, and members of the recovery crew are approaching the capsule and performing a sweep with air quality sensors to make sure no hazardous fumes, such as hydrazine propellant or ammonia coolant, are leaking from the spacecraft.
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Miles Doran, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
During all this, a team of NASA and Department of Defense test pilots will chase the capsule in airplanes as researchers in the back point telescopes and sensors at its heat shield.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Founded in 2007, the company has pulled in more than $800,000 in federal contracts, including a recent $150,000 grant from NASA for low noise sensors.
—Brandon Lingle, Austin American Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
Its smart heat-sensing sensors filter out false alerts, while Color Night Vision ensures vivid low-light detail.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
To capture the split-second movement, high-speed sensors peered through glass viewports, documenting every millisecond of the aerogel’s flight.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Nebraska, which received $218 million for the rural health grants' first installment, plans to spend some $90 million on healthier food options at schools, recruiting more health care workers and mobile sensors to remotely monitor chronically ill patients in rural areas, among other things.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
In addition, the Artemis Real-time Orbit Website (AROW) visualizes exactly where Orion and the crew are using data collected by sensors on the craft and sent to the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
—Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Steer-by-wire replaces that with sensors that read the driver’s input and motors that execute it electronically, with software mediating everything in between.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
Miles Doran, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
During all this, a team of NASA and Department of Defense test pilots will chase the capsule in airplanes as researchers in the back point telescopes and sensors at its heat shield.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Founded in 2007, the company has pulled in more than $800,000 in federal contracts, including a recent $150,000 grant from NASA for low noise sensors.
—Brandon Lingle, Austin American Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
Its smart heat-sensing sensors filter out false alerts, while Color Night Vision ensures vivid low-light detail.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
To capture the split-second movement, high-speed sensors peered through glass viewports, documenting every millisecond of the aerogel’s flight.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Nebraska, which received $218 million for the rural health grants' first installment, plans to spend some $90 million on healthier food options at schools, recruiting more health care workers and mobile sensors to remotely monitor chronically ill patients in rural areas, among other things.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
In addition, the Artemis Real-time Orbit Website (AROW) visualizes exactly where Orion and the crew are using data collected by sensors on the craft and sent to the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
—Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Steer-by-wire replaces that with sensors that read the driver’s input and motors that execute it electronically, with software mediating everything in between.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensors
detectors
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Also in the 1990s, physicists in Russia and Italy had put highly radioactive sources right next to huge vats of gallium, a metallic liquid that’s especially sensitive to neutrinos, to test whether the vats were working as neutrino detectors.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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This is a big deal as detectors like this are very sensitive to things like footsteps, passing vehicles, wind, waves, and things like earthquakes.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Sensors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensors. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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