sensor

See also: Sensor and sensör

Contents

EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

Originated 1925–30 from sense + -or.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.sə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.sɚ/
• Homophones: censer, censor
• Rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ)

NounEdit

sensor ‎(plural sensors)

1. A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.

TranslationsEdit

device or organ that detects certain external stimuli

• Basque: sentsore
• Bulgarian: сензор (bg) m ‎(sénzor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳感器 (zh), 传感器 (zh) ‎(chuán'gǎnqì)

• Danish: føler c, sensor c
• Esperanto: sensilo
• Estonian: andur (device)
• Finnish: anturi (fi), tunnistin (fi) (device); aistin (fi); tuntoelin (organ)
• French: détecteur (fr), capteur (fr) m
• German: Sensor (de) m
• Irish: braiteoir m
• Italian: sensore (it) m

• Japanese: センサー (ja) ‎(sensā), センサ ‎(sensa)
• Korean: 센서 ‎(senseo)
• Maori: paerongo
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sensor m

  Nynorsk: sensor m

• Portuguese: sensor (pt) m
• Russian: се́нсор (ru) m ‎(sɛ́nsor)
• Serbo-Croatian: osjetnik (sh) m (device), osjetilo (sh) n (organ)
• Spanish: sensor (es) m
• Swedish: sensor (sv) c
• Ukrainian: сенсор m ‎(sénsor)

ReferencesEdit

• “sensor” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “sensor” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "sensor" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

AnagramsEdit

• snores

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IndonesianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Dutch censor, from Latin censor.

VerbEdit

sensor

1. to censor

Derived termsEdit

• menyensor
• penyensor
• penyensoran

Etymology 2Edit

From English sensor.

NounEdit

sensor

1. sensor

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

Wikipedia ^no

EtymologyEdit

From Latin censor, sense 3 from English sensor

NounEdit

sensor m ‎(definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorer, definite plural sensorene)

1. a censor
2. an examiner (education, of exam papers)
3. a sensor (device)

ReferencesEdit

• “sensor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin censor, sense 3 from English sensor

NounEdit

sensor m ‎(definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorar, definite plural sensorane)

1. a censor
2. an examiner (education, of exam papers)
3. a sensor (device)

ReferencesEdit

• “sensor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

sensor m (plural sensores)

1. sensor (device or organ that detects certain external stimuli)

Related termsEdit

• senso

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

sensor m ‎(plural sensores)

1. sensor

Related termsEdit

• sensorio
• sensorial

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

sensor c

1. a sensor

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of sensor
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sensor	sensorn	sensorer	sensorerna
Genitive	sensors	sensorns	sensorers	sensorernas

Related termsEdit

• temperatursensor

See alsoEdit

• givare