MEANING
A device that converts a physical signal or form of energy into another form, often for measurement or output.
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- pressure transducer
- acoustic transducer
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A pressure transducer detected the leak before anyone felt a draft.
The acoustic transducer turned the electrical pulse into a faint click.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular transducer; plural transducers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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