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transducer

any device, such as a microphone or electric motor, that converts one form of energy into another
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transducer

[tranz′dü·sər]
(engineering)
Any device or element which converts an input signal into an output signal of a different form; examples include the microphone, phonograph pickup, loudspeaker, barometer, photoelectric cell, automobile horn, doorbell, and underwater sound transducer.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

transducer

A device which converts power in one kind of system to power in another form, e.g., a loudspeaker which converts electric power to acoustic power.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

transducer

(1)
A device for converting sound, temperature, pressure, light or other signals to or from an electronic signal.

transducer

(2)
Finite State Machine.
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