heat sensor

collocation in English

meaningsofheatandsensor

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heat
noun
uk
/hiːt/us
/hiːt/
the quality of being hot or warm, or the temperature ...
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sensor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsen.sər/us
/ˈsen.sɚ/
a device that is used to record that something is present or that there are changes ...
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(Definition ofheatandsensorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To defeat this the card currently produced has aheatsensorthat detects if the finger being scanned is alive.
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The most useful combination has turned out to be aheatsensorabove the cooker which when activated both switches off the cooker and alerts the staff.
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Phase one mode is activated by a corresponding smoke sensor orheatsensorin the building.
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As a result, it can be used as aheatsensor.
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Signature series smoke detectors were among the first multi-element devices, comprising photoelectric, ionization, andheatsensorelements in one housing for more accurate detection.
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One third-party developer sold a device to regulate fan speed based on aheatsensor, but it voided the warranty.
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The heating element contains aheatsensor.
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Another thing unexplained in the films is the shriekers' ability to see heat "before" raising the frill covering theirheatsensor; they always seem to know when to raise it.
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It is far too early to deduce anything for future prospects from one experiment with infra-red heat sensors used against one target in the skies.
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The aircraft was not equipped with fire or heat sensors in the wheel assembly.
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Neither the smoke alarm nor the heat sensors had gone off and the telephone lines had been cut.
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It is a grid of vanadium oxide or amorphous silicon heat sensors atop a corresponding grid of silicon.
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Heat sensors are used to show some of the more graphic images from the video.
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Effects were thoroughly analyzed from the ground and from the air with time-lapse motion picture cameras, stereo still cameras, storm radar, lightning detectors, and airborne heat sensors.
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The procedures and technologies required to collect these cues are non-invasive (like surveillance cameras and body heat sensors) and amenable to integration into busy operational contexts, like airports.
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Food service chains partner with food equipment manufacturers to design highly specialized restaurant equipment, often incorporating heat sensors, timers, and other electronic controls into the design.
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In this sense, it is similar to capsaicin, the chemical responsible for the spiciness of hot chilis (which stimulates heat sensors, also without causing an actual change in temperature).
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