Thesaurus results for SENSOR

sensor

noun

ˈsen-ˌsȯr

as in detector

a device that detects some physical quantity and responds usually with a transmitted signal the cat accidentally triggered the motion sensor, which set off the alarm

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Recent Examples of sensor Salazar said the shipping containers can only be opened from the outside, and that sensors go off when they are opened. —

Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 12 May 2026 Operators will use a tactical battle management system, leveraging offboard sensor information, to direct a test interceptor vehicle toward the simulated threat. —

Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026 Ralliant — The maker of high-precision instruments and sensors saw shares jump 14% on the back of first-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations. —

Fred Imbert,sarah Min, CNBC, 12 May 2026 Major airports such as Denver also have intrusion detection systems that include cameras and motion sensors. —

Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sensor

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detector

Noun

That six-story building has had 117 open violations, which include defective self-closing doors on the fourth and sixth floors and nonfunctioning smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, city records show.

— Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
The humidity was calibrated at 25 to 35 percent, and an ingenious leak detector and platinum wire sensor were designed to measure humidity and temperature levels.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026