Transducer Definition

trăns-do͝osər, -dyo͝o-, trănz-
transducers
noun
Any of various devices that transmit energy from one system to another, sometimes one that converts the energy in form, as a speaker that converts electrical impulses into sound.
Webster's New World
Something, such as a receptor in a cell membrane, that transmits a signal within a cell or from the exterior of a cell to its interior.
American Heritage Medicine

(computing theory) A state machine that generates output based on a given input.

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Other Word Forms of Transducer

Noun

Singular:
transducer
Plural:
transducers

Origin of Transducer

  • From Latin trānsdūcere to transfer trāns- trans- dūcere to lead deuk- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • transduce +"Ž -er

    From Wiktionary

Transducer Sentence Examples

  • In particular, the coupling (e.g. air, air bellows, pliable foam etc.) between the transducer and tissue will be investigated.

  • When the transducer assembly is tightened and repeat measurements are made, the displacement output is almost identical each time.

  • The working space is adjustable to accommodate different sizes of torque transducer.

  • Secondly, by mapping the output of a focussed ultrasound transducer at various distances from the focus.

  • The strain gage pressure transducer involves movement of a diaphragm with changes in pressure.

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