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Definition of Electric eye
1. Noun. A transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations.
Generic synonyms: Detector, Sensing Element, Sensor, Transducer
Terms within: Photocathode
Specialized synonyms: Selenium Cell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electric Eye
Literary usage of Electric eye
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Machinery (1900)
"If at any point within the range of the radiation an electric eye, ... 2. and the
important part of it, that is. the electric eye, R -hown on an enlarged ..."
2. Canadian Transportation and Distribution Management (1869)
"If, after five seconds, the photo-electric cell in the electric eye has not seen
a flame and taken over control to keep the fuel oil solenoid valve open, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"The animal eye is tuned to one series of waves ; the ' electric eye,' as Lord
Kelvin called Hertz's resonator, to another. ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"He has devised what he calls a " graduated electric eye," or " harp," consisting
of strips of tinfoil of different lengths, which is sensitive to a wide ..."
5. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1902)
"... should the electric waves of the ether affect a suitable electric " eye," or
receiver, when they fall upon it. The manner in which Prof. ..."
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