Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The generation of electricity or of electric polarity in dielectric crystals subjected to mechanical stress, or the generation of stress in such crystals subjected to an applied voltage.
Wiktionary
- n. physics The ability of certain crystals to generate a voltage in response to applied mechanical stress.
WordNet 3.0
- n. electricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt); alternatively, electrostatic stress produces a change in the linear dimensions of the crystal
Etymologies
- piezo- + electricity (Wiktionary)
Examples
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“These other projects include a Japanese train station whose ticketing gates are embedded with piezo pads and Elizabeth Redmond's PowerLeap, both of which also investigate the potential of piezoelectricity and, in the case of these two, how can be spatialized on an urban scale.”
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“Can piezoelectricity be very dangerous if a very large mechanical force generates it? en Español”
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