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sensor

sen·sor

UK/ˈsɛn.sə/ US/ˈsɛn.sɚ/ fairly common

noun

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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

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Originated 1925-30, formed as a Latin loanword from sentiō (“to feel”) + -tor (“-er”). By surface analysis, sense + -or.

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