Verb
examine something officially in order to remove what is considered offensive or harmful
Bob Dylan has gotten flak for a recent performance in China, which many thought was censored. Songs that might have overtly offended China's Communist rulers were avoided.
Noun
a device that receives a stimulus (e.g. heat, pressure, light, motion) and responds to it
Basis, a sensor-filled watch, comes with an accelerometer and goes about 10 steps further utilizing an optical blood flow sensor to keep track of your heart rate, a perspiration monitor, and a skin temperature monitor too.
elicit
An analysis of the top 50 social/viral video ads found that the ideal length for video content on YouTube averages 4 min. 11 sec. It takes a little bit of time to elicit emotion, which is what drives the viewer to share.
Toddlers listening to their parents can learn from uh... verbal fumbling. When toddlers hear, um, a stumble, they infer that the next word will be unfamiliar.
You may think your toddler is just playing in the sand box, but she may really be conducting a sophisticated scientific experiment and making inferences every time she pours out another scoop of sand.