Noun: sensor
| Singular | sensor |
| Plural | sensors |
Sample Sentences
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The smoke sensor triggered the alarm.
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Modern phones contain a light sensor that adjusts brightness.
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A motion sensor detected movement in the empty room.
Nouns inflected like sensor
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Originated 1925–30, formed as a Latin loanword from sentiō (“to feel”) + -tor (“-er”). By surface analysis, sense + -or.
Verbs referencing "sensor"
Dutch Nouns
sensor, Swedish Nouns
sensor, Finnish Nouns
sensori, Romanian Nouns
senzor, Russian Nouns
сенсор.