| CENSOR | • censor n. (Ancient Rome, historical) One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens… • censor n. (Ancient China, historical) A high-ranking official who was responsible for the supervision of subordinate… • censor n. An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene… |
| SENSOR | • sensor n. A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner. • SENSOR n. a device that responds to a stimulus. |
| TENSOR | • tensor n. (Anatomy) A muscle that tightens or stretches a part, or renders it tense. • tensor n. (Mathematics, linear algebra, physics) A mathematical object that describes linear relations on scalars… • tensor n. (Mathematics, obsolete) A norm operation on the quaternion algebra. |
| TONSOR | • tonsor n. (Obsolete) A barber. • TONSOR n. (Latin) a barber. |
| SPONSOR | • sponsor n. A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially… • sponsor n. One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange… • sponsor v. (Transitive) To be a sponsor for. |
| EXTENSOR | • extensor n. (Anatomy) A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part. • EXTENSOR n. a muscle that extends a limb. |
| INCENSOR | • incensor n. A censer (container for burning incense). • incensor n. One who kindles anger or enmity; an inciter. • INCENSOR n. a burner of incense, also INCENSER. |
| LICENSOR | • licensor n. (Law) A party that grants a license to another. • LICENSOR n. one who licenses, also LICENSER. |
| RECENSOR | • recensor v. (Transitive) To censor again or anew. • RECENSOR v. to censor again. |
| BIOSENSOR | • biosensor n. (Biochemistry) Any device that detects, records or transmits physiological data, especially data concerning… • biosensor n. (Biochemistry) A device that uses biological material (e.g. microorganisms, oligonucleotides, enzymes… • BIOSENSOR n. a living organism used to detect the presence of chemicals. |
| COSPONSOR | • cosponsor n. A joint sponsor. • cosponsor v. To sponsor jointly with another. • co-sponsor n. Alternative spelling of cosponsor. |
| PRECENSOR | • precensor v. (Transitive) To censor in advance. • PRECENSOR v. to censor a publication or film before its release. |
| PREHENSOR | • prehensor n. One who, or that which, takes hold; a grasping limb etc. • PREHENSOR n. something that grasps or seizes. |
| RESPONSOR | • responsor n. (Electronics) A receiver used in conjunction with an interrogator to receive and interpret signals from a transponder. • responsor n. A person who is assigned responsibility for daily care of a person with a chronic illness and for working… • RESPONSOR n. one who responds, also RESPONDER, RESPONSER. |
| SUSPENSOR | • suspensor n. (US) An athletic support; a jockstrap. • suspensor n. (Biology) The cord which suspends the embryo, and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo. • SUSPENSOR n. a suspensory ligament, bandage, etc., also SUSPENSORY. |
| MICROSENSOR | • microsensor n. Any of several very small sensors that detect small amounts, or changes in a physical variable. |
| PHOTOSENSOR | • photosensor n. A photodetector. • PHOTOSENSOR n. a detector that is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation. |