Usually means: Electric current induced by light.
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  1. photocurrent: Merriam-Webster
  2. photocurrent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. photocurrent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. photocurrent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. photocurrent: Wiktionary
  6. photocurrent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. photocurrent: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. photocurrent: Dictionary.com
  9. Photocurrent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. photocurrent: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. photocurrent: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (photocurrent)

▸ noun:  Any electric current that flows as a result of photoconductivity or the photovoltaic effect

Similar:
photovoltage, photoelectricity, photovoltaic effect, photoconductance, photoconductivity, photoconduction, photocarrier, photocount, photoeffect, photovoltaics, more...

Opposite:
dark current, reverse current, leakage current

Types:
dark current, photo current, more...

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Similar:
photovoltage, photoelectricity, photovoltaic effect, photoconductance, photoconductivity, photoconduction, photocarrier, photocount, photoeffect, photovoltaics, more...

Opposite:
dark current, reverse current, leakage current

Types:
dark current, photo current, more...



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