PHOTOCONDUCTIVE CELL
Dictionary entry overview: What does photoconductive cell mean?
• PHOTOCONDUCTIVE CELL (noun)
The noun PHOTOCONDUCTIVE CELL has 1 sense:
1. a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations
Familiarity information: PHOTOCONDUCTIVE CELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PHOTOCONDUCTIVE CELL (noun)
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 ("photoconductive cell" 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 "photoconductive cell"):
photocathode (a cathode that emits electrons when illuminated)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "photoconductive cell"):
selenium cell (a photoelectric cell that uses a strip of selenium)
