PIEZOELECTRICITY


Meaning of PIEZOELECTRICITY in English

■ noun electric polarization produced in certain crystals by the application of mechanical stress.

Derivatives

piezoelectric adjective

piezoelectrically adverb

Origin

C19: from Gk piezein 'press, squeeze' + electricity .

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