piezo effect

1. 1.

   electricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt); alternatively, electrostatic stress produces a change in the linear dimensions of the crystal

   Synonymspiezoelectricitypiezoelectric effect

   Broaderelectricity

Questions about piezo effect

What does piezo effect mean?

piezo effect means "electricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt); alternatively, electrostatic stress produces a change in the linear dimensions of the crystal".

What is another word for piezo effect?

Close synonyms include piezoelectricity, piezoelectric effect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is piezo effect a common word?

piezo effect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.