sensor

Definitions of sensor
  1. noun
    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
    synonyms: captador, detector
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    type of:
    aparato, dispositivo, mecanismo
    an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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