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“Censer” or “Censor” or “Senser” or “Sensor”

censer / censor / senser / sensor are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

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censer s·EH·n·s·er

  • nouna container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual).

censor s·EH·n·s·er

  • nounsomeone who censures or condemns.
  • nouna person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable.
  • verbsubject to political, religious, or moral censorship.

senser

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

sensor s·EH·n·s·er

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“censer”

  • …as well as a brass censer with Limoges enamel and a…

“censor”

  • …Yushi (殿中侍御史), a low-level imperial censor.
  • …amazed, stating, "How can a censor be this faithful?"
  • …became the de facto film censor for films in the United
  • "Big House" (Don't Censor Me, 1994)
  • In 697, another censor, Sun Chengjing (孫承景) served as…
  • …Licensing Act, a law to censor plays on the basis of…
  • The follow-up album, Don't Censor Me, came the next year…
  • …the film had issues with censor boards and attracted a degree…
  • …Helena Boer Prisoners of War Censor and Camp Handstamps by Arthur…
  • The people trying to censor Gab are (((communists))), and the…

“senser”

No example sentences found for this spelling.

“sensor”

  • Thermal InfraRed Sensor
  • …to add a thermal infrared sensor (TIRS) to the mission payload.
  • Weight 2 kg (sensor Head), (Approx): 1 kg (Display
  • …that manufactures and distributes image sensor technology.
  • The Thermal InfraRed Sensor (TIRS), built by the NASA…
  • …1 consists of a mast-mounted sensor and operator's control box, which…
  • …OLI, TIRS employs a pushbroom sensor design with a 185 kilometer…
  • …(approx): 214 x 134 mm (sensor head)
  • …Radar), and a carbon-monoxide pollution sensor, MAPS (Measurement of Air Pollution…
  • …160–640 mm on an APS-C sensor, or 130–520 mm on an…

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