Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun photoelectric_cell

1 sense of photoelectric cell

Sense 1
photoelectric cell, photoconductive cell, photocell, electric eye, magic eye -- (a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations)
       => transducer -- (an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another)
       => detector, sensor, sensing element -- (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)