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trans·duc·er

Audio Help [trans-doo-ser, -dyoo-, tranz-] Pronunciation Key

–noun

a device that receives a signal in the form of one type of energy and converts it to a signal in another form: A microphone is a transducer that converts acoustic energy into electrical impulses.

[Origin: 1920–25; < L trānsdūc(ere) to transfer (see traduce) + -er¹

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trans·duc·er Audio Help (trāns-dōō'sər, -dyōō'-, trānz-) Pronunciation Key
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.

[From Latin trānsdūcere, to transfer : trāns-, trans- + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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transducer

1924, "device which converts energy from one form to another," from L. transducere "lead across, transfer," from trans- "across" + ducere "to lead" (see duke). The verb transduce is recorded from 1949.

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transducer
noun
an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another

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transducer Audio Help (trāns-d

'sər) Pronunciation Key
A device that converts one type of energy or signal into another. For example, a microphone is a transducer that converts sound waves into electric impulses; an electric motor is a transducer that converts electricity into mechanical energy.

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Main Entry: trans·duc·er
Pronunciation: -'d(y)ü-s&r
Function: noun
: a device that is actuated by power from one system and suppliespower usually in another form to a second system

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transducer
1. A device for converting sound, temperature, pressure, light or other signals to or from an electronic signal.
2. Finite State Machine.
(1995-02-15)