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photoconductive

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pho·to·con·duc·tiv·i·ty  (ft-kndk-tv-t)
n. pl. pho·to·con·duc·tiv·i·ties
Electrical conductivity affected by exposure to light.

photo·con·duction n.
photo·con·ductive adj.
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Adj.1.photoconductive - of or relating to photoconductivity; "selenium is a photoconductive substance"


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The majority of the book is very technical: Webb goes into great detail on the development of different cathode ray and photoconductive tubes, and simple diagrams are available for each model that scientists invented and eventually discarded in favor of a better option.
The HDTV system involves many technologies including: DSP, high-resistance magnetic tape, optical recording, laser technology, electrode processing, photoconductive film, optical design, computer-aided design, satellite transmission, large-size displays, shadow mask process and image quality evaluation methods.
Novel preamplifiers for working standard photoconductive (PC) and photovoltaic (PV) HgCdTe detectors have been developed to maintain the spectral responsivity scale of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the wavelength range of 5 [micro]m to 20 [micro]m.
 
 
 
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