photoelectric cell

Noun

Meaning

a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

photocell magic eye electric eye photoconductive cell phototube charge-coupled device light-receiving surface camera sensor ccd sensor digital image sensor image capture device image converter electronic image sensor light detecting element photovoltaic panel

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Hypernyms

sensor detector transducer sensing element

Hyponyms

selenium cell

Examples

The sense in which an automatic door "understands instructions" from its photoelectric cell is not at all the sense in which I understand English. John Searle

Close letter words and terms

photoelectret photoelectric photoelectric absorption photoelectric cells photoelectric colorimeter photoelectric constant