selenium cell

Noun

Meaning

a photoelectric cell that uses a strip of selenium

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

photocell phototube

Hypernyms

photocell magic eye photoelectric cell electric eye photoconductive cell

Examples

Joel Stebbins at the University of Illinois Observatory used an early selenium cell photometer to produce the first-ever photoelectric study of a variable star. Source: Internet

In its ultimate electronic form, the photophone receiver used a simple selenium cell at the focus of a parabolic mirror. Source: Internet

Moving images were not possible because, in the scanner: "the sensitivity was not enough and the selenium cell was very laggy". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

selenitiferous selenium selenium bromide selenium dioxide selenium eye selenium hexafluoride