D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

photocell

/(fō"tō̇*sĕl`)/ · pho·to·cell · IPA
01 n. An electrical device which changes voltage or resistance upon exposure to light, used to detect and measure light and other radiations.
  1. 1.
    An electrical device which changes voltage or resistance upon exposure to light, used to detect and measure light and other radiations.