Usually means: Device that senses and measures light.
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  1. photodetector: Merriam-Webster
  2. photodetector: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. photodetector: Collins English Dictionary
  4. photodetector: Wordnik
  5. photodetector: Wiktionary
  6. photodetector: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. photodetector: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. photodetector: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. photodetector: Dictionary.com
  10. Photodetector: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. photodetector: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. photodetector: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Photodetector: Medical dictionary

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  1. photodetector: Electronics

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Definitions from Wiktionary (photodetector)

▸ noun:  Any device used to detect electromagnetic radiation

Similar:
photodevice, photoreceiver, photosensor, photoelement, photoconverter, photomultiplier, sensorchip, phototransistor, fluorodetector, photoconductor, more...

Opposite:
photomitter, light emitter, light source

Types:
photodiode, phototransistor, photoresistor, phototube, CMOS sensor, more...

Phrases:
quantum well infrared photodetector, more...

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Similar:
photodevice, photoreceiver, photosensor, photoelement, photoconverter, photomultiplier, sensorchip, phototransistor, fluorodetector, photoconductor, more...

Opposite:
photomitter, light emitter, light source

Types:
photodiode, phototransistor, photoresistor, phototube, CMOS sensor, more...

Phrases:
quantum well infrared photodetector, more...



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