Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany 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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detectorsensing element
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Originated 1925–30, formed as a Latin loanword from sentiō (“to feel”) + -tor (“-er”). By surface analysis, sense + -or.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَسَّاس, جِهَازُ اِسْتِشْعَار
- حَسَّاس (ḥassās)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- جِهَازُ اِسْتِشْعَار (jihāzu istišʕār)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Basque sentsore
- sentsoredevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Bengali সেন্সর, সংবেদক
- সেন্সর (śenśor)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- সংবেদক (śoṅbedok)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Bulgarian се́нзор, да́тчик
- се́нзор (sénzor)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- да́тчик (dátčik)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Chinese Cantonese 傳感器 /传感器
- 傳感器 /传感器 (cyun⁴ gam² hei³)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Chinese Mandarin 傳感器 /传感器, 感測器 /感测器
- 傳感器 /传感器 (chuángǎnqì)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- 感測器 /感测器 (gǎncèqì)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Czech senzor, čidlo
- senzordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- čidlodevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- snímačdevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Danish føler, sensor
- følerdevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- sensordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Dutch sensor
- sensordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Esperanto sensilo
- sensilodevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Estonian andur
- andurdevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Finnish anturi, tunnistin
- anturidevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- tunnistindevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- aistindevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- tuntoelindevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- sensoridevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
French détecteur, capteur
- détecteurdevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- capteurdevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- senseurdevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
German Sensor
- Sensordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Greek αισθητήρας
- αισθητήρας (aisthitíras)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Hebrew חיישן, חַיְשָׁן
- חיישןdevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- חַיְשָׁן (khaishán)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Hindi सेंसर, संवेदक
- सेंसर (sensar)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- संवेदक (samvedak)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Hungarian érzékelő
- érzékelődevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Icelandic nemi
- nemidevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Indonesian pengindra, sensor
- pengindradevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- sensordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Irish braiteoir
- braiteoirdevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Italian sensore
- sensoredevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Japanese センサー, センサ
- センサー (sensā)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- センサ (sensa)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Korean 센서
- 센서 (senseo)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Latvian sensors
- sensorsdevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Lithuanian jutiklis
- jutiklisdevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Malay penderia, sensor
- penderiadevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- sensordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Māori paerongo, pūoko
- paerongodevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- pūokodevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Norwegian Bokmål sensor
- sensordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Polish sensor, czujnik
- sensordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- czujnikdevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Portuguese sensor
- sensordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Romanian senzor
- senzordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Russian се́нсор, да́тчик
- се́нсор (sɛ́nsor)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- да́тчик (dátčik)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Slovak senzor, snímač
- senzordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- snímačdevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Spanish sensor
- sensordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Swedish sensor
- sensordevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Thai ตัวรับรู้, เซ็นเซอร์
- ตัวรับรู้ (dtuua-ráp-rúu)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- เซ็นเซอร์ (sen-sə̂ə)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Turkish duyarga, sensör
- duyargadevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- sensördevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Ukrainian се́нсор, да́тчик
- се́нсор (sénsor)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
- да́тчик (dátčyk)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Urdu سینْسَر
- سینْسَر (sensar)device or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Vietnamese cảm biến
- cảm biếndevice or organ that detects certain external stimuli
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sensor
spencercondensertensorcensorSpenserextensorfencercensersensereigentensorflenserhypertensorpseudotensorsubtensorsupertensorsuspenser
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
sensor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensor
MLA
“sensor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sensor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensor.
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