noun
- Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner.
- synonyms: sensor, sensing element
- Rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave.
- synonyms: demodulator
- Electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity. .
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