(piezoelectricity)
41Electrostriction — is a property of all electrical non conductors, or dielectrics, that causes them to change their shape under the application of an electric field. (Compare with magnetostriction.) Explanation Electrostriction is a property of all dielectric… …
42Ceramic engineering — Simulation of the outside of the Space Shuttle as it heats up to over 1,500 °C (2,730 °F) during re entry into the Earth s atmosphere Ceramic engineering is the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, non metallic… …
43Piezoelectric accelerometer — A piezoelectric accelerometer that utilizes the piezoelectric effect of certain materials to measure dynamic changes in mechanical variables. (e.g. acceleration, vibration, and mechanical shock) As with all transducers, piezoelectric… …
44Polyvinylidenfluorid — Strukturformel Allgemeines Name Polyvinylidenfluorid Andere Namen …
45Walter Guyton Cady — (1874 1974) est un ingénieur et physicien américain. Walter Cady est né à Providence, Rhode Island, en 1874. Il étudie à l université Brown, avant de partir à Berlin où il obtient son doctorat en 1900. Il revient ensuite aux États Unis et intègre …
46crystal — crystallike, adj. /kris tl/, n., adj., v., crystaled, crystaling or (esp. Brit.) crystalled, crystalling. n. 1. a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice. 2. the transparent form of crystallized quartz. 3. Chem., Mineral. a solid body… …
47Crystal — /kris tl/, n. 1. a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis. 25,543. 2. a female given name. * * * I Any solid material whose atoms are arranged in a definite pattern and whose surface regularity reflects its internal symmetry. Each of a crystal s… …
48Haüy, René-Just — born Feb. 28, 1743, Saint Just en Chaussée, France died June 1, 1822, Paris French mineralogist, one of the founders of the science of crystallography. He studied theology and was a professor at the Collège de Navarra for 21 years. He became a… …
49piezoelectric — Pertaining to piezoelectricity. * * * pi·ezo·elec·tric pē .ā (.)zō ə lek trik, pē .āt (.)sō , esp Brit pī .ē (.)zō adj of, relating to, marked by, or functioning by means of piezoelectricity pi·ezo·elec·tri·cal·ly tri k(ə )lē adv * * * adj.… …
50Nanogenerator — is an energy harvesting device converting the external kinetic energy into an electrical energy based on the energy conversion by nano structured piezoelectric material. Although its definition may include any types of energy harvesting devices… …
