GEMET
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sensor
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The generic name for a device that senses either the absolute value or a change in a physical quantity such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, or pH, or the intensity of light, sound, or ratio waves and converts that change into a useful input signal for an information-gathering system.

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Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/11700