"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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          "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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  "word": "photronic"
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  "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.",
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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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          "cell",
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          "light",
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