Search Result for "sensing element":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner;
[syn: detector, sensor, sensing element]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sensing element
    n 1: any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or
         pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a
         distinctive manner [syn: detector, sensor, sensing
         element]