transducer
trans.duc.er \tran(t)s-'d(y)u:-s*r, tranz-\ n [L transducere to lead across, fr. trans- + ducere to lead m more at TOW : a device that is actuated by power from one system and supplies power in any other form to a second system (as a telephone receiver that is actuated by electric power and supplies acoustic power to the surrounding air)