Sentence examples for photoelectric cell from inspiring English sources
noun
A transducer that generates an electric current proportional to the light intensity
One basic device is the photoelectric cell, or photodiode.
The other device was a type of proximity fuze using a photoelectric cell and thermionic amplifier.
Another type of alarm is actuated by a photoelectric cell; when smoke darkens the room slightly, the alarm is activated.
In older equipment this pickup was a photoelectric cell that changed electrical resistance under exposure to light.
If a photoelectric cell instead of the eye is used to compare intensities, the instrument is called a photoelectric colorimeter.
The trap, described as powerful enough to keep an acre mosquito-free, is equipped with a photoelectric cell that turns the machine on at dusk and off at dawn.
It had automatic front doors operated with photoelectric cells, the magic kind that open when you approach them.
It had automatic front doors operated with photoelectric cells, the kind that open when you approach them.
The thousands of photoelectric cells on the panels, which stretch 240 feet from tip to tip and cost $600 million, will power the station for years.
Starting in the early 1900's, biologists began experimenting with cameras triggered by trip wires and, later, photoelectric cells to photograph tigers, bats, birds and other wildlife.
A wind turbine on the stern and some photoelectric cells on the poop deck might power the ship's radio and refrigerate the medical supplies.
