How to Use sensor in a Sentence

sensor

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  • Infrared sensors can track an object's movement.
  • Image sensors are used in digital cameras.
  • This smart sensor, for instance, sits in the soil next to your plant and pairs with an app.
    — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
  • Therefore, the sensor will come in handy in AR apps like the Measure apps.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The images on the right of the pairs have been taken without the infrared sensor.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Again, paired with the new 8:7 sensor, that equates to millions more pixels to work with.
    — Michael Misselwitz, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The fingerprint sensor is finicky, and the screen could stand to be brighter outdoors.
    — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The advanced sensor suites Waymo and Cruise use come at a high cost.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Other things to consider are the type of sensor used, power source, and flow rate of the faucet.
    — Bridget Degnan, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Other units have tilt sensors that shut off before the heater falls.
    — Andrew Waite, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The straightener’s smart heat sensor adapts to your hair type so there’s overall less hair spillage on the sides of the plates and no flyaway hairs.
    — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2023
  • That oval on the side must be a radio cutout, since there's no fingerprint sensor.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2023
  • In cars with faulty Hall effect sensor wiring, the airbag may not trigger during a crash.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 10 July 2024
  • And for those who love a bit of control, it’s got a light sensor that adjusts brightness based on your room’s vibe.
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Simply place it in the dispenser, apply it to your upper arm, and bring your phone next to the sensor to connect it.
    — Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
  • This isn’t the case for the blood oxygen sensors in most consumer-grade smartwatches.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 20 Sep. 2024
  • When someone stepped on the ground above or near the mine, their weight triggered a pressure sensor and caused the device to explode.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The instruments ranged from high-tech custom sensors to smartphones on the ground around the SRC’s flight path and landing site.
    — Brian Elbing, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2024
  • That leak also claimed that the base Pixel 9 would come with three camera sensors, instead of the two that the Pixel 8 is equipped with.
    — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The base model's keyboard still doesn't include a Touch ID sensor.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The pixel count stays the same, but the 24MP sensor is a newer design than the similar chip in the original S5.
    — PCMAG, 4 Jan. 2023
  • In other words, well before the rod even stopped vibrating, the body’s touch sensors had already sent signals about the tool to the brain.
    — Chip Colwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Screens guide players through the course, scores are kept by electronic sensors in the balls, and whoever stacks up the most points wins.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The brush also has a sensor that alerts and pauses the brush when too much pressure is being applied.
    — Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 1 Oct. 2024
  • How accurate does a sensor have to be to lead to a change in your blood-flow simulation?
    — Quanta Magazine, 26 July 2024
  • Our team staged scenarios to test any motion sensors and cycled through each mode for the lights that had more than one.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
  • At the same time, there are questions around how the visual component would work if the sensors were blocked by, say, a person with long hair.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
  • In China, train conductors of the Beijing-Shanghai line, the busiest of its kind in the world, wear brain sensors throughout their work day.
    — Nita A. Farahany, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The thermocouple sensor detects the heat from the pilot light and sends a signal to keep the gas valve open, but if the pilot light is extinguished, then the thermocouple will send a signal to the gas valve to stop the flow of gas to the pilot light.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2025
  • One obstacle to the more widespread use of these futuristic firefighting tools, including sensors that can detect smoke and fire, is a dearth of private and public sector funding.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025

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