photosite

P3H4O1T1O1S1I1T1E1

noun

An individual light-sensitive element in a digital image sensor.

OriginEnglish site ← Middle English site ← Anglo-Norman site →
Less commonScrabble 14
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Meanings

nounphotosite (plural photosites)

plural photosites

  1. An individual light-sensitive element in a digital image sensor.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  7. Englishphoto-
  8. Latinsitus
  9. Anglo-Normansite
  10. Middle Englishsite
  11. Englishsite
  12. Englishphotosite

From photo- + site.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

histotope
Cite this entry
APA

photosite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photosite

MLA

“photosite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photosite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photosite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photosite.

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