n :  a device that responds to a physical stimulus (as heat, light, sound, pressure, magnetism, or a particular motion) and transmits a resulting impulse (as for measurement or operating a control) : also  :  SENSE ORGAN .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  cen·sor  sen·so·ry 
 
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