sensor

device that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal
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sensor

Summary

sensor is a physical technological component[1]. sensor draws 7,162 Wikipedia views per month (physical_technological_component category, ranking #2 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • sensor's instance of is recorded as physical technological component[3].
  • sensor is a type of measuring instrument[4].
  • sensor is part of measuring instrument[5].
  • sensor's Commons category is recorded as Sensors[6].
  • sensor's said to be the same as is recorded as measuring probe[7].
  • sensor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sensors[8].
  • sensor's described by source is recorded as International Vocabulary of Metrology (3rd edition, 2012)[9].
  • sensor's described by source is recorded as Vocabulario Internacional de Metrología (3a Edición en español 2012)[10].
  • sensor's topic has template is recorded as Template:Sensors[11].
  • sensor's main Wikidata property is recorded as P9192[12].
  • sensor's has list is recorded as list of sensors[13].
  • sensor's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[14].
  • sensor's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].
  • sensor's model item is recorded as detector[16].
  • sensor's P14541 is recorded as 44Az0V[17].
  • sensor's P14541 is recorded as 4UQkQt[18].
  • sensor's P14870 is recorded as ont00000569[19].

Body

Geography

sensor is part of measuring instrument[5].

Designation and Status

sensor's instance of is recorded as physical technological component[3].

Why It Matters

sensor draws 7,162 Wikipedia views per month (physical_technological_component category, ranking #2 of 16).[2] sensor has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] sensor is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sensor. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sensor
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000569
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14870]]: ont00000569"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 44Az0V, 4UQkQt
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0206951-senzory
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0206951-senzory, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → measuring instrument
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → measuring instrument
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11460, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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