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photoelectronic

photoelectronic adjective: describing any electronic effect or device that is affected by light.

Adjective

photoelectronic (comparative more photoelectronic, superlative most photoelectronic)

  1. Describing any electronic effect or device that is affected by light.

Forms of photoelectronic

comparativemore photoelectronic
superlativemost photoelectronic

Origin of photoelectronic

From photo- + electronic.

Questions about photoelectronic

What does photoelectronic mean?
Photoelectronic means describing any electronic effect or device that is affected by light.
What part of speech is photoelectronic?
Photoelectronic is an adjective.

Words near photoelectronic in the dictionary

  1. photoelectromagnetic
  2. photoelectromagnetic effect
  3. photoelectromagnetic effects
  4. photoelectromotive
  5. photoelectron
  6. photoelectronic
  7. photoelectrons
  8. photoelectrosynthesis
  9. photoelectrosynthetic
  10. photoelectrosythesis
  11. photoelectrotype

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