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Transducer vs Transduction - What's the difference?

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Transduction is a related term of transducer.



As nouns the difference between transducer and transduction

is that transducer is a device that converts energy from one form into another while transduction is the transfer of genetic material from one bacterial cell to another by a bacteriophage or plasmid.

transducer

English

(wikipedia transducer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device that converts energy from one form into another.
  • (computing theory) A state machine that generates output based on a given input.

    • Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with transductor.

    Related terms

    * transduce (pos v) * transduction (pos n)

    See also

    * inducer * transformer * transponder

    transduction

    English

    Noun

  • (biology) The transfer of genetic material from one bacterial cell to another by a bacteriophage or plasmid
  • The process whereby a transducer converts energy from one form to another
  • (physiology) The conversion of a stimulus from one form to another
  • (physics) The conversion of energy (especially light energy) into another form, especially in a biological process such as photosynthesis or in a transducer
  • (logic) A form of inference involving reasoning from one specific case to another (compare induction)