Synonyms for sensor
ˈsɛn sɔr, -sərsen·sor

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1. detector, sensor, sensing elementnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   detector, demodulator, sensing element

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1. List of paraphrases for "sensor":

   sensors, detector, transducer, collector, detectors, imager

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1. Evan Wexler:

   The motion sensor is a blessing and a curse, because now I see how often these guys are coming to my house, all nights of the week.

2. Shree Nayar:

   What we have done is a calculation that shows that you can take the same design and make a compact image sensor chip with it. Of course that chip would be able to capture less light and therefore harvest less energy, because it is smaller. But it turns out when you make it a chip it also consumes less power.

3. Gil Dotan:

   Guardian Optical Technologies’ sensor provides all the necessary information regarding the occupants, the number of occupants, where do they sit, what is their physical size, and what is their posture even.

4. Kenneth Davidson:

   You could then attack defensive targets, those heavily defended or the time-critical targets in a very timely manner — if it’s a moving target, before it can move, and then ultimately, these would have a sensor so that they can track a moved target — not necessarily something that is moving, but if the target moves or it gets into the area, they can see the target and hit it very, very accurately.

5. Mark Hendricks:

   We can also do home sleep tests as well. Typically it is a small portable device where the patient has a sensor under the nose and on the finger to monitor air flow.