An important year in scientific history is 1905, when Einstein changed the face of physics with his theories of special relativity, mass-energy equivalence and the photoelectric effect.
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Photoelectric
Synonyms for "photoelectric" (30 found)
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30 entriesphotoelectric absorptionphotoelectric cellphotoelectric colorimeterphotoelectric constantphotoelectric controlphotoelectric counterphotoelectric densitometerphotoelectric detectorphotoelectric devicephotoelectric door openerphotoelectric effectphotoelectric fluoometerphotoelectric imagingphotoelectric intrusion detectorphotoelectric lighting controlphotoelectric magnitude
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15 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- fotoelèctric adj (relating to electric effects)
Czech
1 entries- fotoelektrický adj (relating to electric effects)
Dutch
1 entries- foto-elektrisch adj (relating to electric effects)
Finnish
1 entries- valosähköinen adj (relating to electric effects)
French
1 entries- photoélectrique adj (relating to electric effects)
Greek
1 entries- φωτοηλεκτρικός adj (relating to electric effects)
Irish
1 entries- fótaileictreach adj (relating to electric effects)
Italian
1 entries- fotoelettrico adj (relating to electric effects)
Malay
1 entries- fotoelektrik adj (relating to electric effects)
Polish
1 entries- fotoelektryczny adj (relating to electric effects)
Portuguese
1 entries- fotoelétrico adj (relating to electric effects)
Romanian
1 entries- fotoelectric adj (relating to electric effects)
Russian
1 entries- фотоэлектрический adj (relating to electric effects)
Spanish
1 entries- fotoeléctrico adj (relating to electric effects)
Tagalog
1 entries- sugadagitbin adj (relating to electric effects)
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It is widely believed that Einstein was awarded the Nobel prize in 1921 for his work on relativity. It was actually awarded for his seminal paper on the photoelectric effect.
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Einstein won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his work on the photoelectric effect.
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Photo-electric beams in advance of each section enable automatic operation of the plant.
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