Perceptor

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which perceives.

    "Only by deliberate effort of will, only by deliberately jamming his perceptor set, could he turn them off […]"

Example

More examples

"Only by deliberate effort of will, only by deliberately jamming his perceptor set, could he turn them off […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perceptor.

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