"photovoltaic cell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: photovoltaic cells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} photovoltaic cell (plural photovoltaic cells)
  1. (physics) a device that absorbs radiant energy and converts it into electrical energy Categories (topical): Physics Related terms: solar cell Translations (device): valokenno (Finnish), aurinkokenno (Finnish), ფოტოელემენტი (poṭoelemenṭi) (Georgian), φωτοβολταϊκό (fotovoltaïkó) [neuter] (Greek), 태양전지 (taeyangjeonji) (alt: 太陽電池) (Korean), celulă fotovoltaică [feminine] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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