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electric eye

noun

Definition of electric eye

: photoelectric cell

Examples of electric eye in a Sentence

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 Before extra lighting was installed outside the house, as well as a few electric eyes. — Patti Davis, Town & Country, "Ronald and Nancy Reagan's Daughter Remembers the Family Ranch," 1 Nov. 2012

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First Known Use of electric eye

1930, in the meaning defined above

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