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Sensor vs Tensor - What's the difference?

sensor | tensor |

As nouns the difference between sensor and tensor

is that sensor is a device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner while tensor is a muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.

As an adjective tensor is

of or relating to tensors.

As a verb tensor is

to compute the tensor product of two tensors.

sensor

English

(wikipedia sensor)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.
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    tensor

    English

    (wikipedia tensor)

    Adjective

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  • Of or relating to tensors
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
  • (mathematics, physics) An image of a tuple under a tensor product map.
  • (mathematics, physics) A function of several variables
  • (mathematics, physics) A mathematical object consisting of a set of components with n'' indices each of which range from 1 to ''m'' where ''n'' is the rank and ''m is the dimension of the tensor.Rowland, Todd and Weisstein, Eric W., "Tensor", Wolfram MathWorld.
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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To compute the tensor product of two tensors.
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