different between census vs sensor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nsus, from c?nse?. See censor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?ns?s/

Noun

census (countable and uncountable, plural censuses or censusses or census)

1. An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.
2. Count, tally.

Related terms

Translations

Verb

census (third-person singular simple present censuses or censusses, present participle censusing or censussing, simple past and past participle censused or censussed)

1. (transitive) To conduct a census on.
2. (intransitive) To collect a census.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin census.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.z?s/
• Hyphenation: cen?sus

Noun

census m (plural censussen)

1. A census.

   Synonym: volkstelling

2. (historical) A tax that one has to pay to receive the right to vote in jurisdictions with census suffrage.

   Synonym: cijns

Derived terms

• censuskiesrecht

Related terms

• censureren
• censor
• censuur
• cijns

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sensus
• ? Indonesian: sensus

Latin

Etymology

From c?nse?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ken.sus/, [?k??s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??en.sus/, [?t???nsus]

Noun

c?nsus m (genitive c?ns?s); fourth declension

1. census, a registering of the populace and their property
2. A register resulting from a census.
3. (poetic) Rich gifts, presents, wealth

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Descendants

All are borrowed.

Adjective

c?nsus (feminine c?nsa, neuter c?nsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. registered
2. assessed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

• census in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• census in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• census in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• census in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• census in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• census in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

Originated 1925–30 from sense +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?n.s?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?n.s?/
• Homophones: censer, censor
• Rhymes: -?ns?(?)

Noun

sensor (plural sensors)

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

Translations

References

• “sensor”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “sensor” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "sensor" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• Ensors, nosers, senors, serons, snores

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sensor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.z?r/
• Hyphenation: sen?sor
• Rhymes: -?nz?r
• Homophone: censor

Noun

sensor m (plural sensoren or sensors, diminutive sensortje n)

1. sensor [from ca. 1960s]

Derived terms

• bewegingssensor
• warmtesensor

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch censor, from Latin censor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?ns?r]
• Hyphenation: sèn?sor

Noun

sensor or sènsor

1. censor, an official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content.
2. censoring, an act of censorship.

Derived terms

• menyensor
• penyensor
• penyensoran

Etymology 2

From English sensor. Pronunciation influenced by Dutch sensor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?ns?r]
• Hyphenation: sèn?sor

Noun

sensor or sènsor

1. sensor, a device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.

Further reading

• “sensor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin censor

Noun

sensor m (definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorer, definite plural sensorene)

1. a censor
2. an examiner (education, of exam papers)

Etymology 2

From English sensor

Noun

sensor m (definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorer, definite plural sensorene)

1. a sensor (device)

References

• “sensor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin censor

Noun

sensor m (definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorar, definite plural sensorane)

1. a censor
2. an examiner (education, of exam papers)

Etymology 2

From English sensor

Noun

sensor m (definite singular sensoren, indefinite plural sensorar, definite plural sensorane)

1. a sensor (device)

References

• “sensor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

sensor m (plural sensores)

1. sensor (device or organ that detects certain external stimuli)

Related terms

• senso

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sen?so?/, [s?n?so?]

Adjective

sensor (feminine sensora, masculine plural sensores, feminine plural sensoras)

1. acting as a sensor

Noun

sensor m (plural sensores)

1. sensor

Related terms

• sensorio
• sensorial

Swedish

Noun

sensor c

1. a sensor

Declension

Related terms

• temperatursensor

See also

• givare

Anagrams

• rosens, senors