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PHOTOCONDUCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does photoconduction mean? 

PHOTOCONDUCTION (noun)
  The noun PHOTOCONDUCTION has 1 sense:

1. change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiationplay

  Familiarity information: PHOTOCONDUCTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHOTOCONDUCTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

photoconduction; photoconductivity

Hypernyms ("photoconduction" is a kind of...):

electrical conduction (the passage of electricity through a conductor)


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