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(pī ē′zō ē′lek tris′ə tē, pē ā′-)

noun

electricity resulting from the piezoelectric effect

Origin: piezo- + electricity

Related Forms:

piezoelectric adjective or piezoelectrical
piezoelectrically adverb

See piezoelectricity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The generation of electricity or of electric polarity in dielectric crystals subjected to mechanical stress, or the generation of stress in such crystals subjected to an applied voltage.

Related Forms:

pi·eˌzo·e·lecˈtric, pi·eˌzo·e·lecˈtri·cal adjective

pi·eˌzo·e·lecˈtri·cal·ly adverb

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