noun
Meaning 1
A device that converts energy from one form into another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
transducer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /trænzˈdjuːsə(ɹ)/
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US: /trænzˈdjuːsɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: T R AE0 N S D UW1 S ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A state machine that generates output based on a given input.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electrical device
Narrower terms: electro-acoustic transducer, mosaic, photoelectric cell, photoconductive cell, photocell, electric eye, magic eye
History
Etymology
1924, Latin trānsdūcō + -er. By surface analysis, transduce + -er.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: преобразовател (preobrazovatel) — device
- Finnish: muuntaja — device
- Finnish: muunnin — device
- French: transducteur — device
- Georgian: გარდამქმნელი (gardamkmneli) — device
- Georgian: ტრანსდუსერი (ṭransduseri) — device
- Georgian: გადამწოდი (gadamc̣odi) — device
- German: Wandler — device
- Italian: trasduttore — device
- Māori: pūhuri — device
- Polish: przetwornik — device
- Portuguese: transdutor — device
- Romanian: transductor — device
- Spanish: transductor — device
- Turkish: transdüser — device
Real reading context