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PHOTOCELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does photocell mean? 

PHOTOCELL (noun)
  The noun PHOTOCELL has 1 sense:

1. a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiationsplay

  Familiarity information: PHOTOCELL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHOTOCELL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

electric eye; magic eye; photocell; photoconductive cell; photoelectric cell

Hypernyms ("photocell" 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 "photocell"):

photocathode (a cathode that emits electrons when illuminated)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "photocell"):

selenium cell (a photoelectric cell that uses a strip of selenium)


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