piezotransistor accelerometer
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piezotransistor accelerometer
(pē¦ā·zō·tran′zis·tər ak′sel·ə′räm·əd·ər)
(engineering) An accelerometer in which a seismic mass supported by a stylus transmits a concentrated force to the upper diode surface of a transistor and acceleration is determined from the resulting change in current across the pn junction of the transistor.
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