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photoelectric current

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noun

Physics.
  1. photocurrent.


Etymology

Origin of photoelectric current

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.

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