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photodetection

photodetection noun: the detection of individual photons using a photodetector.

Noun

photodetection (uncountable)

  1. The detection of individual photons using a photodetector

Origin of photodetection

From photo- + detection.

Words formed from photodetection

Questions about photodetection

What does photodetection mean?
Photodetection means the detection of individual photons using a photodetector.
What part of speech is photodetection?
Photodetection is a noun.

Words near photodetection in the dictionary

  1. photodesorption
  2. photodesorptions
  3. photodestruction
  4. photodetachment
  5. photodetachments
  6. photodetection
  7. photodetector
  8. photodetectors
  9. photodeterioration
  10. photodeteriorations
  11. photodevice

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