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Noun: sensor  sen-su(r)
  1. Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
    - detector, sensing element

Sounds like: censor, censer

Derived forms: sensors

See also: sense

Type of: device

Encyclopedia: Sensor

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