electric eye

electric eye

n.

See photoelectric cell.

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electric eye

n

(Electronics) another name for photocell

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Noun

1.

electric eye - a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations magic eye, photocell, photoconductive cell, photoelectric cell detector, sensing element, sensor - any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner photocathode - a cathode that emits electrons when illuminated selenium cell - a photoelectric cell that uses a strip of selenium transducer - an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another