Device and Sensor

Device

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Sensor and device are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sensor" instead a noun "Device".

Sensor

Sensor 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.
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Synonyms for Sensor

Device and sensor are semantically related. You can use "Device" instead a noun "Sensor".

Nearby Words: sensitive, sensed, sensing, sensory

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Tracking Device Later Shaw finds a tracking sensor and realises he is the one who has the tracking device implanted under his skin by a doctor working in league with The Mole, who 'accidentally' injured him during a basketball game.
  • Plot Device Everything Sensor: A plot device that tells the heroes what and where the danger is.
    Source: Plot Device
  • Film / Now You See Me Sensor Suspense: During the Chase Scene after the second show, when Dylan uses the tracker device to follow Daniel through the streets of New Orleans.
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