Usually means: Material emitting electrons when illuminated.
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  1. photocathode: Merriam-Webster
  2. photocathode: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. photocathode: Collins English Dictionary
  4. photocathode: Vocabulary.com
  5. photocathode: Wordnik
  6. photocathode: Wiktionary
  7. photocathode: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. photocathode: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. photocathode: Dictionary.com
  10. Photocathode: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. photocathode: Rhymezone
  12. photocathode: FreeDictionary.org
  13. photocathode: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. photocathode: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. photocathode: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. photocathode: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Photocathode: Extragalactic Astronomy

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Definitions from Wiktionary (photocathode)

noun:  (physics) A cathode that emits electrons when exposed to light.

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