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Transducer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A substance or device, such as a piezoelectric crystal, microphone, or photoelectric cell, that converts input energy of one form into output energy of another.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A device that converts energy from one form into another.

n. A state machine that generates output based on a given input.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another

Word Usage

"The human ear cannot hear these echoes, so a special wand called a transducer is used."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

electrical device

Cross Reference

transponder transformer inducer

Hyponym

photocell photoconductive cell photoelectric cell electro-acoustic transducer electric eye

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

transductor

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

looser producer seducer

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

transducers actuators oscillator servo amplifier