piezoelectricity

[pahy-ee-zoh-i-lek-tris-i-tee, -ee-lek-, pee-ey-zoh-]

noun

1. electricity, or electric polarity, produced by the piezoelectric effect.

Other Word Forms

• piezoelectric adjective
• piezoelectrically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of piezoelectricity¹

1890–95; < Greek piéz ( ein ) to press + -o- + electricity

Example Sentences

Known as piezoelectricity, the ability to trade between mechanical stress and electric charge can be harnessed widely in capacitors, actuators, transducers and sensors like accelerometers and gyroscopes for next-generation electronics.

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This shaking could double a crystal’s piezoelectricity, the Japanese team reported in a 2011 patent.

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The crystals show near-perfect light transmittance and ultrahigh piezoelectricity — a property associated with the coupling of electric fields and mechanical strain.

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Many crystals contain defects whose concentration varies across the crystal; the resulting concentration gradient breaks the macroscopic symmetry of the crystal, causing residual piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity3.

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“Same way I sent you back without me: piezoelectricity. Ever heard of that?”

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