Photoreceptive is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Photoreceptive in a sentence
Photoreceptive meaning
Absorbing and using light, especially for sensory purposes
Using Photoreceptive
- The main meaning on this page is: Absorbing and using light, especially for sensory purposes
Context around Photoreceptive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Photoreceptive
- In this selection, "photoreceptive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pronounced, drum and eye stand out and add context to how "photoreceptive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a pronounced photoreceptive eye the and on the photoreceptive drum to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "photoreceptive" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with photoreceptive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Exposing Laser light selectively neutralizes the negative charge on the photoreceptive drum, to form an electrostatic image Laser unit from a Dell P1500. (23 words)
They are even more unusual in having a pronounced photoreceptive eye, the "third eye", which is thought to be involved in setting circadian and seasonal cycles. (26 words)
They are even more unusual in having a pronounced photoreceptive eye, the "third eye", which is thought to be involved in setting circadian and seasonal cycles. (26 words)
Exposing Laser light selectively neutralizes the negative charge on the photoreceptive drum, to form an electrostatic image Laser unit from a Dell P1500. (23 words)
Example sentences (2)
Exposing Laser light selectively neutralizes the negative charge on the photoreceptive drum, to form an electrostatic image Laser unit from a Dell P1500.
They are even more unusual in having a pronounced photoreceptive eye, the "third eye", which is thought to be involved in setting circadian and seasonal cycles.