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piezoactive

piezoactive adjective: producing an effect or transformation in response to pressure.

Adjective

piezoactive (not comparable)

  1. Producing an effect or transformation in response to pressure.
    • Piezoactive polymers are partially crystalline, and the crystalline regions are ferroelectric, that is the crystalline regions are permanently polarized.1987, Ramon P. De Paula, Eric Udd, Fiber optic and laser sensors IV: 22-24 September 1986, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, page 49
    • Because quartz is piezoactive, the EA signal in the first mode was registered from the bottom filter electrode, whereas the top one was earthed, i.e. the filter was simultaneously used both as sample investigated and as piezoelectric transducer.2012, Helmut Ermert, Hans-Peter Harjes, Acoustical Imaging, volume 19, page 761

Origin of piezoactive

From piezo- + active.

Questions about piezoactive

What does piezoactive mean?
Piezoactive means producing an effect or transformation in response to pressure.
What part of speech is piezoactive?
Piezoactive is an adjective.

Words near piezoactive in the dictionary

  1. piewomen
  2. piezo
  3. piezo-
  4. piezoaccelerometer
  5. piezoaccelerometers
  6. piezoactive
  7. piezoactivity
  8. piezoactuated
  9. piezoactuation
  10. piezoactuator
  11. piezoactuators

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