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Subject: What is the difference between a transducer and a sensor?

Date: Mon Nov 23 08:14:21 1998
Posted by M. Gester
Grade level: other
School: Weston Aerospace
City: Farnborough State/Province: Hampshire
Country: England
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 911830461.Eg
Message:

I am working with transducers (or sensors?). These two terms are used by everybody rather arbitrarily and when you ask them for the difference nobody knows. Encyclopedias also don't help at this point. Maybe there is no difference but why then are there two words?


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