photoemittern.
/ˌfəʊtəʊᵻˈmɪtə/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊəˈmɪdər/, /ˈˌfoʊdoʊiˈmɪdər/ A photoemissive body or substance.
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1953 Analyt. Chem. 25 712/1 Whereas light photons are absorbed at the surface, x-photons are absorbed throughout a photoemitter.
1974 Science 22 Nov. 711/3 Photoemitters that are important for practical applications fall into two classes.
2000 Design News (Nexis) 4 Dec. 102 The one-piece photoemitter/receptor optical encoder sends serial data via a 4-wire cable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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