transducer

English

Etymology

1924, Latin trānsdūcō +‎ -er. By surface analysis, transduce +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /trænzˈdjuːsə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /trænzˈdjuːsɚ/

Noun

transducer (plural transducers)

1. A device that converts energy from one form into another.
2. (computing theory) A state machine that generates output based on a given input.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with transductor.

Related terms

• transduce (verb)
• transduction (noun)

Translations

device

• Bulgarian: преобразовател (bg) m (preobrazovatel)
• Finnish: muuntaja (fi), muunnin
• French: transducteur (fr) m
• Georgian: გარდამქმნელი (gardamkmneli), ტრანსდუსერი (ṭransduseri), გადამწოდი (gadamc̣odi)
• German: Wandler (de) m
• Maori: pūhuri
• Polish: przetwornik m
• Portuguese: transdutor
• Romanian: transductor (ro) n
• Spanish: transductor (es)

See also

• inducer
• transformer
• transponder

Anagrams

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