Definition of Photoelectricity

1. Noun. Electricity generated by light or affected by light.

Generic synonyms: Electricity

Definition of Photoelectricity

1. n. Electricity produced by light.

Definition of Photoelectricity

1. Noun. electricity produced by the photoelectric effect ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Photoelectricity

photodysphoria
photoecology
photoed
photoelastic
photoelasticity
photoelectret
photoelectrets
photoelectric
photoelectric absorption
photoelectric cell
photoelectric cells
photoelectric effect
photoelectric emission
photoelectrical
photoelectrically
photoelectricity (current term)
photoelectrochemical
photoelectrochemistry
photoelectrode
photoelectrodes
photoelectrolysis
photoelectrolytic
photoelectromagnetic
photoelectromagnetic effect
photoelectrometer
photoelectromotive
photoelectron
photoelectronic
photoelectrons
photoelectrotype

Literary usage of Photoelectricity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"... diag Astrophys J 46:241-8 N '17 photoelectricity Color-sensitiveness of photo-electric cells. T. Shinomiya. Astrophys J 49:303-10 Je '19 Photo-electric ..."

2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"On the photoelectricity of fluorspar, by M. Hankel. —On the resistance of flames to the galvanic current, by M. Hoppe.—On the electro, chemical process at ..."

3. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1912)
"Buckingham, EZ Ps. C. 14 (1894) 129-. and photoelectricity, relations. Schmidt, GC Erlang. PS. Md. S. Sb. 29 (1898) 10-; A. Pe. bismuth. ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
""photoelectricity.—J. Zeleny (Physical Review, June) has experimented on the influence of the temperature of a body upon the rate at which electricity is ..."

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