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photo-voltaic

photo-voltaic is the alternative spelling of photovoltaic.

Meaning of photovoltaic

Adjective

photovoltaic (not comparable)

  1. Producing a voltage when exposed to light.
    • But the truly impressive part of this entry is the photovoltaic film that has been applied to the platform and entrance roofs (all 272 square metres of it). It is a UK first for the railway, and is expected to generate 36kW of electricity to meet the needs of the station itself and to feed the...2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Denmark Hill Station Enhancement Project”, in RAIL, number 940, page 39
    Synonyms:
    photoelectric

Origin of photo-voltaic

From photo- + voltaic.

Questions about photo-voltaic

What is photo-voltaic the alternative spelling of?
Photo-voltaic is the alternative spelling of photovoltaic.

Words near photo-voltaic in the dictionary

  1. photo-romances
  2. photo-shoot
  3. photo-shooting
  4. photo-shoots
  5. photo-shot
  6. photo-voltaic
  7. photoabatement
  8. photoabatements
  9. photoablated
  10. photoablation
  11. photoablations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photo-voltaic (page history and authors); photovoltaic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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