Definitions
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- noun A
photoelectric cell
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- noun a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations
Etymologies
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Examples
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There is a built-in photocell on the walnut such as we now have on at least one camera, which automatically adjusts exposure for a wide range of illumination.
As We May Think 1969
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There is a built-in photocell on the walnut such as we now have on at least one camera, which automatically adjusts exposure for a wide range of illumination.
As We May Think 1945
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There is a built-in photocell on the walnut such as we now have on at least one camera, which automatically adjusts exposure for a wide range of illumination.
As We May Think 1945
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5By 1933, the shift from the microscope to the photocell was an attempt to save the scintillation counter by excluding the observer.
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As it moves, its potential is varied in accordance with a varying current received over wires from a distant station, where these variations are produced by a photocell which is similarly scanning a picture.
As We May Think 1969
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As it moves, its potential is varied in accordance with a varying current received over wires from a distant station, where these variations are produced by a photocell which is similarly scanning a picture.
As We May Think 1945
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The electron content of each photocell could then be read out, transforming an optical image into a digital one.
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That makes good sense, and obviously each photocell has a wire connecting it to a computing device of some kind where images are collated.
More creationist misconceptions about the eye - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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That makes good sense, and obviously each photocell has a wire connecting it to a computing device of some kind where images are collated.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Karlik replaced the microscope used in the early type of the scintillation counter attached directly to the scintillation screen with a photocell that Blau eventually turned into a photomultiplier. 6
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