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A device that detects light and converts it into a measurable response.
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- infrared photodetector
- photodetector array
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The photodetector registered a faint pulse.
Dust obscured the photodetector array.
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- photodetector
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular photodetector; plural photodetectors. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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