photovoltaic effect: Meaning and Definition of

pho'tovolta'ic effect"

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— Physics. Physics.
  1. the phenomenon in which the incidence of light or other electromagnetic radiation upon the junction of two dissimilar materials, as a metal and a semiconductor, induces the generation of an electromotive force.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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