How to Use sensor in a Sentence

sensor

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  • This smart sensor, for instance, sits in the soil next to your plant and pairs with an app.
    — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
  • Other units have tilt sensors that shut off before the heater falls.
    — Andrew Waite, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The straightener’s smart heat sensor adapts to your hair type so there’s overall less hair spillage on the sides of the plates and no flyaway hairs.
    — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2023
  • In cars with faulty Hall effect sensor wiring, the airbag may not trigger during a crash.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 10 July 2024
  • And for those who love a bit of control, it’s got a light sensor that adjusts brightness based on your room’s vibe.
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The instruments ranged from high-tech custom sensors to smartphones on the ground around the SRC’s flight path and landing site.
    — Brian Elbing, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2024
  • That leak also claimed that the base Pixel 9 would come with three camera sensors, instead of the two that the Pixel 8 is equipped with.
    — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The base model's keyboard still doesn't include a Touch ID sensor.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2023
  • In other words, well before the rod even stopped vibrating, the body’s touch sensors had already sent signals about the tool to the brain.
    — Chip Colwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Our team staged scenarios to test any motion sensors and cycled through each mode for the lights that had more than one.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
  • At the same time, there are questions around how the visual component would work if the sensors were blocked by, say, a person with long hair.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
  • At this point in the film, my sensitivity sensors were still wary.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • The platform collects data from in-store sensors and 15 other unique datasets.
    — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Besides the camera lenses, the bar has an LED flash and a second mystery sensor circle.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Both models get new sensors across the camera array, though the iPhone 15 Pro Max adds a telephoto camera that can zoom in up to 5x.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • But the system, with one two-week sensor, costs $288—a price inaccessible to many.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The dual camera sensors make a return, as does the placement of the SIM tray, power button and volume rocker.
    — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Keep in mind that the floodlight does not have a motion sensor, and instead is equipped with a daylight sensor that switches the light off as soon as the sun rises.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2024
  • Each of these goggles contains the rough equivalent to a head full of iPhones: 2 depth sensors, 6 microphones and 12 cameras.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • That gave researchers 13 million hours of light sensor data.
    — Hilary MacHt, EverydayHealth.com, 9 July 2024
  • That’s thanks to the interactive LCD screen and a dust sensor that scans the surrounding air for particles, sending its live data straight to the app.
    — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2023
  • There are a few things missing here, including sensors for auto-pause and multi-band EQ.
    — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
  • That precision is made possible by the drone’s sensors.
    — Vasco Cotovio, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
  • When pressure is applied to the fabric—say, from someone touching it—the conductive yarn closes a circuit and is read by the sensors.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 May 2023
  • Block explains that megapixels refer to the number of light-gathering sites, while a sensor is where the photo sites reside.
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Instead of the ever-popular grill look, this SUV has a shield with the Volvo logo embossed on it where air currents and sensors are held.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The study, the largest to look at the causes of C.T.E. to date, used data published in 34 studies that tracked the number and magnitude of head hits measured by football helmet sensors.
    — Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 20 June 2023
  • The Quest Pro features a total of 10 sensors on the headset for tracking, with another three sensors on each controller.
    — Mike Williams, wsj.com, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The sensors used in hospitals are much more accurate than consumer wearables like Oura or Apple Watch.
    — Julio La Torre, STAT, 18 July 2024
  • These holes, allowed to place sensors during free practice sessions ahead of an official race, must be covered after that Friday stint.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 19 July 2024

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