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Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.
extrinsic
associated with the outside or exterior. In devices and device modeling, extrinsic refers to that part of the device or model associated with the passive structures that provide interconnects and contacts to other components, but are still considered a part of the device.
extrinsic fiber optic sensor
a fiber optic sensor where the fiber delivers light to and from a sensing element external to the fiber. Chemical sensors are an example where the sensing element exhibits a change in optical property such as absorption, fluorescence or phosphorescence upon detection of the species to be measured.