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A diode that converts incident light into an electrical response.
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- photodiode sensor
- photodiode array
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The photodiode detected the reflected beam.
A photodiode array monitored the display.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular photodiode; plural photodiodes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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