photosensitive

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They also tend to be highly photosensitive, avoid sunlight, sunburn easily, and have excellent night vision.

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  1. adjective Sensitive or responsive to light or other radiant energy.
  2. adjective Medicine Abnormally sensitive or reactive to light.

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  • I was incredibly photosensitive-meaning I could get a horrible sun burn after just ten minutes outside-and had severe sensitivity to cold that made handling cold things or consuming cold drinks rather painful. —  Dane101
  • They also tend to be highly photosensitive, avoid sunlight, sunburn easily, and have excellent night vision. —  Daily Titan RSS
  • The shape of the miniature lens elements approaches that of a convex meniscus lens and serves to focus incident light directly into the photosensitive area of the photodiode.
  • P and T, which refer to the photon collection (photosensitive) and support transistor areas of the pixel, respectively.
  • Three primary mechanisms operate to hamper photon collection by the photosensitive area: absorption, reflection, and transmission.
 

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  1. Greek φῶς (φωτ-), light, + English sensitive.
 

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/foʊtəˈsɛnsɪtɪv/
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