NOUN | artifact | photoelectric cell, photoconductive cell, photocell, electric eye, magic eye | a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations |
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Meaning | A transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations. | |
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Synonyms | photoconductive cell, photocell, electric eye, magic eye | |
Parts | photocathode | A cathode that emits electrons when illuminated |
Narrower | selenium cell | A photoelectric cell that uses a strip of selenium |
Broader | detector, sensor, sensing element | 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 | |
Spanish | célula fotoeléctrica, electric eye | |
Catalan | electric eye, fotocèl·lula |
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