sensor — meaning in English

English meaning

• feeler noun Someone or something that feels.
• sensor noun A device that detects a physical change or signal and responds or reports on it.

Senses

sensor is used for these senses in English:

• feeler (anatomy) An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
• sensor A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.

feeler — full definition

1. noun Someone or something that feels.
2. noun An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
3. noun Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
4. noun a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself

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