PROXIMITY SENSOR

  

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PROXIMITY SENSOR

Specialty Definition: PROXIMITY SENSOR

DomainDefinition

Computing

A device which senses that an object is only a short distance(e. g. , a few inches or feet)away, and/or measures how far away it is. Proximity sensors work on the principles of triangulation of reflected light, elapsed time for reflected sound, intensity induced eddy currents, magnetic fields, back pressure from air jets, and others. Source: European Union. (references)
 A device that senses that an object is only a short distance away, and/or measures how far away it is. Proximity sensors work on the principles of triangulation of reflected light, lapsed time for reflected sound, and other principles. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PROXIMITY SENSOR

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

proximity sensor

179

capacitive proximity sensor

8

inductive proximity sensor

7

plan proximity sensor

3

magnetic proximity sensor

3

omron proximity sensor

3

ultrasonic proximity sensor

2

microwave proximity sensor

2

laser proximity sensor

2

photoelectric proximity sensor turck

2

circuit proximity sensor

2

circuit microwave proximity sensor

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PROXIMITY SENSOR

Language Translations for "PROXIMITY SENSOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

proximitiv føler, afstandssensor. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

proximiteitssensor, afstandsensor. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lähestymisanturi, läheisyys-anturi. (various references)

   

French

  

détecteur de proximité (proximity detector), capteur de proximité. (various references)

   

German

  

Näherungssensor, Näherungsschranke. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αισθητήρας απόστασης, ανιχνευτής προσέγγισης. (various references)

   

Italian

  

sensore di prossimit . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oximitypray ensorsay

   

Portuguese

  

sensor de proximidade. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

captor de proximidad. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

proximitiv sensor, närhetssensor, närhetsgivare. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PROXIMITY SENSOR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-i-m-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-s-t-x-y"

-4 letters: expositions, premonitory, repositions, resorptions.

-5 letters: episiotomy, exposition, expositors, expository, impression, imprinters, isotropies, misorients, misreports, monitories, moronities, morosities, permission, porosities, posteriors, promissory, reposition, repository, resorption, responsory, sonorities, sororities, spirometry, spoonerism, toponymies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Expressions: Internet
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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