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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An optoelectronic device that generates an electrical output in response to incident electromagnetic radiation, such as visible light.
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- noun A
transducer that generates anelectric current proportional to thelight intensity
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- noun a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations
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