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Definition of Photoelectric

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to photoelectricity. "The photoelectric effect"

Definition of Photoelectric

1. a. Acting by the operation of both light and electricity; -- said of apparatus for producing pictures by electric light.

2. a. Pert. to, or capable of developing, photo- electricity.

Definition of Photoelectric

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the electric effects of electromagnetic radiation, especially the ejection of an electron from a surface by a photon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Photoelectric

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Photoelectric

1. Acting by the operation of both light and electricity. Said of apparatus for producing pictures by electric light or electronic effects produced by the action of light. See: photoelectric effect, photoelectric absorption. (21 Jun 2000)

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Literary usage of Photoelectric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Electricity by Frederick Bernard Pidduck (1916)
"there is no photoelectric effect whatever beyond a certain wavelength A0 ... The measure of the sensitiveness may be taken as the photoelectric effect ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"photoelectric Cells. By Professor GM MINCHIN, MA, FRS In these cells the surface, which is sensitive to light, is a thin layer of selenium spread on the end ..."

3. NBS Special Publication (1921)
"photoelectric Sensitivity of Molybdenite and Various Other Substances This subject is treated under the heading " Invisible Signaling. ..."

4. War Work of the Bureau of Standards: April 1, 1921 by National Bureau of Standards, United States Bureau of Standards, United States (1921)
"photoelectric Sensitivity of Molybdenite and Various Other Substances This subject is treated under the heading " Invisible Signaling. ..."

5. The Modern Revolution in Physics by Benjamin Crowell (2003)
"e / Apparatus for observing the photoelectric effect. A beam of light strikes a capacitor plate inside a vacuum tube, and electrons are ejected (black ..."

6. Plethysmography: Safety, Effectiveness, & Clinical Utility in Diagnosing by Thomas V. Holohan (1996)
"photoelectric Plethysmography Photoplethysmography has been applied by medical and surgical practitioners since 1937 to count the heart rate, ..."

7. The Emission of Electricity from Hot Bodies by Owen Willans Richardson (1921)
"is practically independent of the temperature of the illuminated substance shows that the photoelectric <£ varies very little with T. It follows from this, ..."

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