photoelectric current

noun

Physics.

photocurrent.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of photoelectric current¹

First recorded in 1875–80

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The proper adjustment is then made by a mechanism in which the photoelectric current is amplified one quintillion times by a Zworykin electron multiplier.