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selenium eye

selenium eye noun: a device consisting of a closeable ball of blackened wood surrounding a glass lens that focuses light onto a selenium cell attached to a galvanometer; used by astronomers to measure the light variations of a heavenly body.

Noun

selenium eye (plural selenium eyes)

  1. (historical) A device consisting of a closeable ball of blackened wood surrounding a glass lens that focuses light onto a selenium cell attached to a galvanometer; used by astronomers to measure the light variations of a heavenly body.

Forms of selenium eye

pluralselenium eyes

Questions about selenium eye

What does selenium eye mean?
Selenium eye means a device consisting of a closeable ball of blackened wood surrounding a glass lens that focuses light onto a selenium cell attached to a galvanometer; used by astronomers to measure the light variations of a heavenly body.
What part of speech is selenium eye?
Selenium eye is a noun.
What is the plural of selenium eye?
The plural of selenium eye is selenium eyes.

Words near selenium eye in the dictionary

  1. selenitical
  2. selenitiferous
  3. selenium
  4. selenium cell
  5. selenium dioxide
  6. selenium eye
  7. selenium eyes
  8. selenium hexafluoride
  9. selenium yeast
  10. selenium yeasts
  11. seleniums

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