sensors

noun

plural of sensor
as in detectors
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 sensors Beyond those standalone hardware tools, the device integrates a sprawling ecosystem of field-ready software sensors. — New Atlas, 5 July 2026 Others attached electrical wire to sensors on the fingertips; the wire would eventually be routed to the robot’s brain. — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Without training, clear ownership and aligned incentives, sensors generate noise instead of decisions. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 The network will also turn its sensors on in the Amazon Basin for the Brazilian nonprofit Amazon Environmental Research Institute. — Eric Niiler, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Rather than functioning as a standalone spotlight, the SLL is part of the military and civil aviation trend toward networked mission equipment, in which sensors, cockpit displays, and aircraft subsystems share information to improve decision-making. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026 The Orlan-10 can carry payloads such as a module for spoofing signals from GPS and other global navigation satellite systems, along with a communications network monitoring module and various optical and thermal sensors. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
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detectors
Noun
  • Gravitational-wave detectors should find merging black holes and neutron stars from even the most distant parts of the universe.
    — Anna Y. Q. Ho, Scientific American, 29 June 2026
  • But tracing exactly where neutrinos come from when detectors such as Antarctica’s IceCube Neutrino Observatory alert their presence has proven more difficult for astronomers.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
Definition of detectors

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“Sensors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensors. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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