sensor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sensor	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sensor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sensor n 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 Synonym(s): detector, sensor, sensing element
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sensor \Sen"sor\, a. Sensory; as, the sensor nerves.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sensor An electronic device used to measure a physical quantity such as temperature, pressure or loudness and convert it into an electronic signal of some kind (e.g a voltage). Sensors are normally components of some larger electronic system such as a computer control and/or measurement system. Analog sensors most often produce a voltage proportional to the measured quantity. The signal must be converted to digital form with a {ADC} before the CPU can process it. Digital sensors most often use serial communication such as {EIA-232} to return information directly to the controller or computer through a {serial port}. (1997-04-15)