"photronic" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1937, Rolla Roy Ramsey, Experimental Radio, page 169",
          "text": "The photoelectric cell and the Weston photronic cells are the ones in most common use. The photronic cell is an oxide cell and produces a small electromotive force which is proportional to the light intensity.",
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          "ref": "1946, United States. Navy Department. Office of Industrial Relations, U.S. Navy Manual of Safety Equipment, page 93",
          "text": "A photronic light meter consists of a photronic cell connected to an electrical meter graduated directly in foot-candles.",
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        "Pertaining to photoelectric cells that generate electromotive force by utilizing the action of light on the contact between two dissimilar metals."
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          "photoelectric",
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          "cell",
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        [
          "electromotive",
          "electromotive"
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        [
          "force",
          "force"
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        [
          "light",
          "light"
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          "contact",
          "contact"
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          "dissimilar",
          "dissimilar"
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          "metal",
          "metal"
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        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "photronic"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "1937, Rolla Roy Ramsey, Experimental Radio, page 169",
          "text": "The photoelectric cell and the Weston photronic cells are the ones in most common use. The photronic cell is an oxide cell and produces a small electromotive force which is proportional to the light intensity.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1946, United States. Navy Department. Office of Industrial Relations, U.S. Navy Manual of Safety Equipment, page 93",
          "text": "A photronic light meter consists of a photronic cell connected to an electrical meter graduated directly in foot-candles.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to photoelectric cells that generate electromotive force by utilizing the action of light on the contact between two dissimilar metals."
      ],
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          "photoelectric"
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          "cell",
          "cell"
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          "electromotive",
          "electromotive"
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          "force",
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          "light",
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          "contact",
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          "dissimilar",
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          "metal",
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