photoelectricity
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photoelectricity
(¦fōd·ō′i′lek′tris·əd·ē)
(electronics) The liberation of an electric charge by electromagnetic radiation incident on a substance; includes photoemission, photoionization, photoconduction, the photovoltaic effect, and the Auger effect (an internal photoelectric process). Also known as photoelectric effect; photoelectric process.
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photoelectricity
IN BRIEF: n. - Energy generated by light or affected by light.
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