photoelectric
photoelectric adjective: of or relating to the electric effects of electromagnetic radiation, especially the ejection of an electron from a surface by a photon.
Adjective
photoelectric (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the electric effects of electromagnetic radiation, especially the ejection of an electron from a surface by a photon.
- Photo-electric beams in advance of each section enable automatic operation of the plant.1963 January, “Diesel washing machine at Ipswich”, in Modern Railways, page 12
photoelectric meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Malay
photoelectric in Tamil
- ஒளி மின், ஒளி மின் ஆற்றல்
photoelectric in Kannada
- ಬೆಳಕುಮಿಂಚಿನ, ಮಿಂಬೆಳಕಿನ, ಬೆಳಮಿನ್ಕೆ, ಬೆಳಕೊಳ್ಕಿನ
photoelectric in Tagalog
- relating to electric effects
- sugadagitbin
photoelectric in Malay
- relating to electric effects
- fotoelektrik
Origin of photoelectric
From photo- + electric.
Words formed from photoelectric
- photoelectric absorption
- photoelectrically
- photoelectric cell
- photoelectric colorimeter
- photoelectric constant
- photoelectric control
- photoelectric counter
- photoelectric densitometer
- photoelectric detector
- photoelectric device
- photoelectric door opener
- photoelectric effect
- photoelectric fluoometer
- photoelectric imaging
- photoelectric intrusion detector
- photoelectric lighting control
- photoelectric magnitude
- photoelectric photometer
- photoelectric photometry
- photoelectric plethysmograph
- photoelectric process
- photoelectric pyrometer
- photoelectric reader
- photoelectric reflectometer
- photoelectric relay
- photoelectric scanner
- photoelectric sorter
- photoelectric transmissometer
- photoelectric tube
- photoelectric turbidimeter
Phrases with photoelectric
Questions about photoelectric
- What does photoelectric mean?
- Photoelectric means of or relating to the electric effects of electromagnetic radiation, especially the ejection of an electron from a surface by a photon.
- What is photoelectric in Tamil?
- Photoelectric in Tamil is ஒளி மின், ஒளி மின் ஆற்றல். See Photoelectric meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is photoelectric?
- Photoelectric is an adjective.
Words near photoelectric in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: photoelectric (page history and authors); photoelectric (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); photoelectric (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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