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piezoelectric

American  
[pi-ay-zoh-i-lek-trik] / pɪˌeɪ zoʊ ɪˈlɛk trɪk /

adjective

  1. relating to or operating by piezoelectricity, electricity produced by means of the piezoelectric effect.


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Converters based on piezoelectric components could offer several advantages.

From Science Daily Apr. 10, 2026

The Wuji hand has piezoelectric sensors, which convert pressure into an electrical charge, giving it a sense of touch.

From BBC Feb. 12, 2026

First, they packed the piezoelectric transducers closer together, enabling them to provide wider coverage so they could better target smaller arteries such as the brachial and radial arteries, which are more clinically relevant.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2024

This high frame rate is necessary for collecting robust data from the piezoelectric transducers in the patch, which would otherwise suffer from low signal intensity due to the strong reflection of the skull.

From Science Daily May 22, 2024

By combining highly specialized semiconductor materials and piezoelectric materials not typically used together, the researchers were able to generate giant nonlinear interactions between phonons.

From Science Daily May 9, 2024

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