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photovoltaics

photovoltaics noun: the technology of the conversion of sunlight into electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect.

Noun

photovoltaics (uncountable)

  1. The technology of the conversion of sunlight into electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect.

Origin of photovoltaics

From photovoltaic + -ics.

Words formed from photovoltaics

Questions about photovoltaics

What does photovoltaics mean?
Photovoltaics means the technology of the conversion of sunlight into electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect.
What part of speech is photovoltaics?
Photovoltaics is a noun.

Words near photovoltaics in the dictionary

  1. photovoltaic
  2. photovoltaic cell
  3. photovoltaic cells
  4. photovoltaic effect
  5. photovoltaically
  6. photovoltaics
  7. photovore
  8. photovores
  9. photowalk
  10. photowalks
  11. photoworthy

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