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photovoltaic

photovoltaic adjective: producing a voltage when exposed to light.

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

photovoltaic meaning in Bengali and Kannada

photovoltaic in Bengali

ফোটোভোল্টাইক

photovoltaic in Kannada

ಬೆಳ್ಕುಬಲ

Synonyms of photovoltaic

Origin of photovoltaic

From photo- + voltaic.

Words formed from photovoltaic

Phrases with photovoltaic

Questions about photovoltaic

What does photovoltaic mean?
Photovoltaic means producing a voltage when exposed to light.
What is photovoltaic in Bengali?
Photovoltaic in Bengali is ফোটোভোল্টাইক. See Photovoltaic meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is photovoltaic?
Photovoltaic is an adjective.

Words near photovoltaic in the dictionary

  1. photovoice
  2. photovoices
  3. photovoltachromic
  4. photovoltage
  5. photovoltages
  6. photovoltaic
  7. photovoltaic cell
  8. photovoltaic cells
  9. photovoltaic effect
  10. photovoltaically
  11. photovoltaics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photovoltaic (page history and authors); Photovoltaic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); photovoltaic (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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