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transducer, device that accepts an input of energy energy, in physics, the ability or capacity to do work or to produce change. Forms of energy include heat , light , sound , electricity , and chemical energy. ..... Click the link for more information. in one form and produces an output of energy in some other form, with a known, fixed relationship between the input and output. One widely used class of transducers consists of devices that produce an electric output signal, e.g., microphones microphone, device for converting sound into electrical energy, used in radio broadcasting, recording, and sound amplifying systems. Its basic component is a diaphragm that responds to the pressure or particle velocity of sound waves. ..... Click the link for more information. and photoelectric cells photoelectric cell or photocell, device whose electrical characteristics (e.g., current, voltage, or resistance) vary when light is incident upon it. ..... Click the link for more information. . Other widely used transducers accept an electric input, e.g., loudspeakers loudspeaker or speaker, device used to convert electrical energy into sound. It consists essentially of a thin flexible sheet called a diaphragm that is made to vibrate by an electric signal from an amplifier . ..... Click the link for more information. , light bulbs, and solenoids. The term transducer is sometimes applied to devices producing an output in the same form as their input, e.g., transformers and filters. transducerDevice that converts one form of energy to another. A microphone is an acoustic transducer, converting sound waves into electrical signals. Different types of transducers act on heat, radiation, sound, strain, vibrations, pressure, and acceleration; they may output mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, or hydraulic signals. Examples include strain gauges, loudspeakers, photocells, transformers, and thermocouples. transducerA device that converts one energy into another; for example, a read/write head converts magnetic energy into electrical energy and vice versa. In process control applications, it is used to convert pressure into an electrical reading. transducer any device, such as a microphone or electric motor, that converts one form of energy into another
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Unfortunately, this mechanism is not yet known, as it is not established how ultrasound signals are transduced in vivo to produce a cellular response. As in other tissues, the effects of estrogen on the prostate are likely transduced primarily by ERs. coli strains may have been transduced by Stx-encoding bacteriophages from EHEC strains that transiently infected this rabbit colony. |
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