"transducer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /trænzˈdjuːsə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /trænzˈdjuːsɚ/ [US] Forms: transducers [plural]
Etymology: 1924, Latin trānsdūcō + -er. By surface analysis, transduce + -er. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|trānsdūcō}} Latin trānsdūcō, {{suffix|en||er}} + -er, {{surf|en|transduce|-er}} By surface analysis, transduce + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} transducer (plural transducers)
  1. A device that converts energy from one form into another. Translations (device): преобразовател (preobrazovatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), muuntaja (Finnish), muunnin (Finnish), transducteur [masculine] (French), გარდამქმნელი (gardamkmneli) (Georgian), ტრანსდუსერი (ṭransduseri) (Georgian), გადამწოდი (gadamc̣odi) (Georgian), Wandler [masculine] (German), pūhuri (Maori), przetwornik [masculine] (Polish), transdutor (Portuguese), transductor [neuter] (Romanian), transductor (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-transducer-en-noun--0pAIt6A Disambiguation of 'device': 100 0
  2. (computing theory) A state machine that generates output based on a given input. Categories (topical): Theory of computing, Electronics
    Sense id: en-transducer-en-noun-iJiVpBHK Disambiguation of Electronics: 4 96 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 14 86 Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: transduce [verb], transduction [noun], inducer, transformer, transponder

Inflected forms

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