piezoelectricityn.
/ˌpiːzəʊᵻˌlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /pʌɪˌɛtsəʊᵻˌlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /pʌɪˌiːzəʊᵻˌlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /ˌpʌɪᵻzəʊᵻˌlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /ˌpiːzəʊˌɛlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /pʌɪˌɛtsəʊˌɛlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /pʌɪˌiːzəʊˌɛlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /ˌpʌɪᵻzəʊˌɛlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /ˌpiːzəʊˌɛlᵻkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /pʌɪˌɛtsəʊˌɛlᵻkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /pʌɪˌiːzəʊˌɛlᵻkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /ˌpʌɪᵻzəʊˌɛlᵻkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /ˌpiːzəʊˌɪlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /pʌɪˌɛtsəʊˌɪlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /pʌɪˌiːzəʊˌɪlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /ˌpʌɪᵻzəʊˌɪlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /ˌpiːzəʊˌiːlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /pʌɪˌɛtsəʊˌiːlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /pʌɪˌiːzəʊˌiːlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, /ˌpʌɪᵻzəʊˌiːlɛkˈtrɪsᵻti/, U.S. /piˌeɪzoʊəˌlɛkˈtrɪsᵻdi/, /piˌeɪtsoʊəˌlɛkˈtrɪsᵻdi/, /paɪˌizoʊəˌlɛkˈtrɪsᵻdi/, /ˌpizoʊəˌlɛkˈtrɪsᵻdi/ Physics.
A phenomenon observed esp. in certain crystals whereby the application of mechanical stress causes a substance to become electrically polarized, and vice versa. Cf. electrostriction n. at electro- comb. form 1.Piezoelectricity is usually regarded as having been discovered (though not named) by Pierre and Jacques Curie in 1880. However, there is some evidence that the phenomenon was known much earlier.
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piezoelectricity1883
1883 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 44 412 This phenomenon the author proposes to call piezoelectricity.
1929 J. A. Ratcliffe Physical Princ. Wireless i. 2 The facts of piezo-electricity have been applied in the quartz oscillator.
1956 Nature 17 Mar. 537/2 Tests for pyroelectricity and piezoelectricity were negative.
1995 New Scientist 14 Jan. 19/1 OPT's invention..is the first system to use piezoelectricity to generate electricity on a large scale.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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