Search Result for "photoelectric cell":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations;
[syn: photoelectric cell, photoconductive cell, photocell, electric eye, magic eye]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Photo-electric cell \Photo-electric cell\ A cell (as one of two electrodes embedded in selenium) which by exposure to light generates an electric current. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

photoelectric cell n 1: a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations [syn: photoelectric cell, photoconductive cell, photocell, electric eye, magic eye]