piezoelectricity

piezoelectricity
Electric currents generated by pressure upon certain crystals, e.g., quartz, mica, calcite. [G. piezo, to press, squeeze, + electricity]

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pi·ezo·elec·tric·i·ty -.lek-'tris-ət-ē, -'tris-tē n, pl -ties electricity or electric polarity due to pressure esp. in a crystalline substance (as quartz)

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pi·ezo·elec·tri·ci·ty (pi-e″zo-e-lek-trisґĭ-te) [piezo- + electricity] electrical current generated by mechanical stress in quartz and certain other crystals; analogously, the converse property of expansion or contraction of these materials in response to an applied electric field. piezoelectric adj

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