photoelectricity

photoelectricity
/foh'toh i lek tris"i tee, -ee'lek-/, n. Physics.
1. electricity induced by electromagnetic radiation, as in certain processes, as the photoelectric and photovoltaic effects, photoconductivity, and photoionization.
2. the branch of physics that deals with these phenomena.
[1875-80; PHOTO- + ELECTRICITY]

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