transducer
A device that converts energy from one form into another.
Other meanings
A state machine that generates output based on a given input.
A kind of
- electrical device
Kinds of transducer
- mosaic
- photoelectric cell
Related words
- mechanotransducer
- microtransducer
- neurotransducer
- piezotransducer
Word history
From Latin "trānsdūcō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “transducer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.