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Definitions for transducer
trænsˈdu sər, -ˈdyu-, trænz-trans·duc·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. transducernoun

    an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another

Wiktionary

  1. transducernoun

    A device that converts energy from one form into another.

  2. transducernoun

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

Wikipedia

  1. Transducer

    A transducer is a device that converts energy from one form to another. Usually a transducer converts a signal in one form of energy to a signal in another. Transducers are often employed at the boundaries of automation, measurement, and control systems, where electrical signals are converted to and from other physical quantities (energy, force, torque, light, motion, position, etc.). The process of converting one form of energy to another is known as transduction.

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  1. transducer

    A transducer is a device that converts one form of energy into another. For instance, it can change aspects like light, heat, sound, pressure, or motion into an electrical signal, or vice versa. Transducers are essential elements in many types of machinery, enabling technologies like microphones, loudspeakers, thermometers, antennas, and more.

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  1. Transducer

    A transducer is a device that converts a signal in one form of energy to another form of energy. Energy types include electrical, mechanical, electromagnetic, chemical, acoustic or thermal energy. While the term transducer commonly implies the use of a sensor/detector, any device which converts energy can be considered a transducer. Transducers are widely used in measuring instruments. A sensor is used to detect a parameter in one form and report it in another form of energy, often an electrical signal. For example, a pressure sensor might detect pressure and convert it to electricity for display at a remote gauge. An actuator accepts energy and produces movement. The energy supplied to an actuator might be electrical or mechanical. An electric motor and a loudspeaker are both actuators, converting electrical energy into motion for different purposes. Combination transducers have both functions; they both detect and create action. For example, a typical ultrasonic transducer switches back and forth many times a second between acting as an actuator to produce ultrasonic waves, and acting as a sensor to detect ultrasonic waves. Rotating a DC electric motor's rotor will produce electricity and voice-coil speakers can also act as microphones.

Editors Contribution

  1. transducer

    A type of device that changes energy from a specific form to a specific chosen form of energy.

    The acoustic transducer works efficiently.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2020  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of transducer in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of transducer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of transducer in a Sentence

  1. Sankar Thiagasamudram:

    Most of the headphones that you see in the market use cone drivers. What we do is use a type of driver called a planar driver, it's a very small, thin transducer placed in a magnetic field which then produces sound.

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