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PHOTOELECTRIC CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations
Synonyms:
electric eye; magic eye; photocell; photoconductive cell; photoelectric cell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("photoelectric cell" is a kind of...):
detector; sensing element; sensor (any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner)
transducer (an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another)
Meronyms (parts of "photoelectric cell"):
photocathode (a cathode that emits electrons when illuminated)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "photoelectric cell"):
selenium cell (a photoelectric cell that uses a strip of selenium)
