Probe vs. Sensor

Probenoun

(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.

Probenoun

(figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.

Probenoun

An act of probing; a prod, a poke.

Probenoun

(figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.

Probenoun

(aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.

Probenoun

(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.

Probenoun

(astronautics) A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.

Probenoun

(game of go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy

Probenoun

(biochemistry) Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure

Probeverb

To explore, investigate, or question

Probeverb

(transitive) To insert a probe into.

Probeverb

To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.

Probeverb

Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly.

Probenoun

An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc.

Probenoun

an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities;

Probenoun

a flexible slender surgical instrument used to explore wounds or body cavities

Probenoun

an exploratory action or expedition

Probenoun

an investigation conducted using a probe instrument

Probeverb

question or examine thoroughly and closely

Probeverb

examine physically with or as if with a probe;

Probenoun

a blunt-ended surgical instrument used for exploring a wound or part of the body.

Probenoun

a small device, especially an electrode, used for measuring, testing, or obtaining information.

Probenoun

a thorough investigation into a crime or other matter

Probenoun

an unmanned exploratory spacecraft designed to transmit information about its environment.

Probenoun

a projecting device for engaging in a drogue, either on an aircraft for use in in-flight refuelling or on a spacecraft for use in docking with another craft.

Probeverb

physically explore or examine (something) with the hands or an instrument

Probeverb

enquire into someone or something closely

Sensornoun

A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.

Sensoradjective

Sensory; as, the sensor nerves.

Sensornoun

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

Sensor

In the broadest definition, a sensor is a device, module, machine, or subsystem whose purpose is to detect events or changes in its environment and send the information to other electronics, frequently a computer processor. A sensor is always used with other electronics.