SENSING ELEMENT Synonyms

• 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

• the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

• the technical aspects of doing something

• a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

• device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

• a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard

• a warrant to take someone into custody

• anything with restorative powers

• a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships

• the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration

• mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge

• an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable

• the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places

• the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

• an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

• a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities

• an exploratory action or expedition

• an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• examine physically with or as if with a probe

• set that receives radio or tv signals

• (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties

• earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

• a person who receives something

• the tennis player who receives the serve

• a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass

• an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another

• The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.