electric eye

noun

photocell.
electron-ray tube.

Origin of electric eye

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby electric eye

electric current, electric dipole moment, electric discharge, electric displacement, electric eel, electric eye, electric field, electric field intensity, electric field strength, electric fire, electric flux

Example sentences from the Web for electric eye

  • I'll probably stick to electric-eye doors, burglar alarms, closed-circuit television systems and things like that.

    Creatures of the Abyss |Murray Leinster

British Dictionary definitions for electric eye

electric eye

noun

another name for photocell