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OEIL ELECTRIQUE [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Building Hardware
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
  • Electronic Devices
DEF

A solid-state photosensitive electron device in which use is made of the variation of the current-voltage characteristic as a function of incident radiation.

OBS

Mention of the qualifier "solid-state" in this definition implies that phototubes are excluded from it. The Modern Dictionary of Electronic (Rudolf F. Graf, 5th ed. 1977) states that "the term should not be used for a phototube, which is a vacuum tube and not a cell". However, these terms are, in fact, often used in a more general sense to designate all types of light-sensitive electronic devices. This record deals with the terms in their more restricted sense.

Key term(s)
  • light sensitive cell

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
  • Dispositifs électroniques
DEF

Cellule photo-électrique servant à la commande de dispositifs automatiques (ouverture d'une porte, par exemple).

OBS

photoélectrique : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dispositivos de seguridad
  • Artículos de ferretería para la construcción
  • Fotoelectricidad y óptica electrónica
  • Dispositivos electrónicos
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Record 2 2017-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

Exposure meter built into a camera which determines or controls the lens aperture to provide proper exposure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Posemètre incorporé dans l'appareil photographique et qui détermine ou modifie l'ouverture de diaphragme afin d'obtenir l'exposition correcte.

Spanish

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