photovoltaic

See also: photo-voltaic

English

Etymology

From photo- +‎ voltaic.

Adjective

photovoltaic (not comparable)

1. Producing a voltage when exposed to light.

   Synonym: photoelectric

   • 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Denmark Hill Station Enhancement Project”, in RAIL, number 940, page 39:

     But the truly impressive part of this entry is the photovoltaic film that has been applied to the platform and entrance roofs (all 272 square metres of it). It is a UK first for the railway, and is expected to generate 36kW of electricity to meet the needs of the station itself and to feed the surplus back to the grid.

Derived terms

• agrophotovoltaic
• floatovoltaic
• photovoltaic cell
• photovoltaic effect
• photovoltaics

 

Related terms

• betavoltaic

Translations

producing a voltage when exposed to light

• Catalan: fotovoltaic (ca) m
• Czech: fotovoltaický
• Finnish: valosähköinen (fi)
• French: photovoltaïque (fr)
• Georgian: ფოტოელექტრული (poṭoelekṭruli), ფოტოვოლტაიკური (poṭovolṭaiḳuri)
• German: fotovoltaisch, photovoltaisch
• Greek: φωτοβολταϊκός (el) (fotovoltaïkós)
• Irish: fótavoltach
• Italian: fotovoltaico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fotovoltaisk

  Nynorsk: fotovoltaisk

• Romanian: fotovoltaic (ro)
• Russian: фотоэлектри́ческий (ru) (fotoelektríčeskij), фотогальвани́ческий (ru) (fotogalʹvaníčeskij), фотовольтаи́ческий (ru) (fotovolʹtaíčeskij)
• Spanish: fotovoltaico
• Swedish: fotovoltaisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: фотоелектри́чний (fotoelektrýčnyj)