piezoelectricity

English

Etymology

piezo- +‎ electricity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʌɪˌiːzəʊ.ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪti/, /piˌeɪzəʊ.ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪti/, /ˌpiːzəʊ.ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪti/

Noun

piezoelectricity (uncountable)

1. (physics) A voltage generated by certain crystals in response to an applied mechanical stress.

Related terms

• piezoelectric

Translations

capacity of crystal to generate electricity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壓電性／压电性 (yādiànxìng), 壓電／压电 (zh) (yādiàn)

  Wu: 壓電性／压电性

• Czech: piezoelektřina f
• Finnish: pietsosähköisyys
• French: piézoélectricité (fr) f
• German: Piezoelektrizität (de) f
• Greek: πιεζοηλεκτρισμός (el) m (piezoïlektrismós)
• Italian: piezoelettricità (it) f
• Japanese: 圧電気 (あつでんき, atsudenki)
• Portuguese: piezoeletricidade f
• Romanian: piezoelectricitate (ro) f
• Russian: пьезоэлектричество (ru) n (p'jezoelektríčestvo)
• Spanish: piezoelectricidad f
• Ukrainian: п'єзоеле́ктрика f (pʺjezoeléktryka)