Word Type

Noun

The word "sensor" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

measure physical phenomenon

Derived Terms

aptasensor chemosensor crossed loop sensor fluorosensor geosensor glucosensor gravisensor gyrosensor image sensor immunosensor intersensor intrasensor magnetosensor mechanosensor microsensor minisensor multisensor nanosensor neurosensor osmosensor phagosensor photosensor sensel sensor array sensorchip sensorgram sensorization sensorless sensorlike somatosensor thermosensor xenosensor

Derived From

sense

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

device

Type Of (IsA)

detector device

Related Terms

senser

Related Terms

device external organ stimuli

Synonym Network

detector

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.