Meanings
adjectivephotoelectromotive (comparative more photoelectromotive, superlative most photoelectromotive)
comparative more photoelectromotive · superlative most photoelectromotive
- Of or relating to the electromotive force caused by photovoltaic action.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Frenchélectro-
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
- Latinēlectrum
- Latinelectro-
- Englishelectro-
- Anglo-Normanmotif
- Middle Frenchmotif
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinmōtus
- Late Latinmōtīvum
- Middle Englishmotif
- Englishmotive
- Englishelectromotive
- Englishphotoelectromotive
From photo- + electromotive.
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APA
photoelectromotive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoelectromotive
MLA
“photoelectromotive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoelectromotive. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoelectromotive,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoelectromotive.
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