carbon-pile pressure transducer
carbon-pile pressure transducer
[′kär·bən ‚pīl ′presh·ər tranz‚dü·sər] (engineering)
A measurement device in which variations in pressure upon a conductive carbon core proportionately change the core's electrical resistance, and thus the strength of the measured electric signal from the device.
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