Of or relating to devices or systems that combine electrical and optical (light) properties or functions.
Extended form of 'electrooptic' with the suffix '-al' (from Latin -alis), indicating 'relating to' or 'of the nature of'. This term became common in 20th-century telecommunications and display technology.
Modern fiber-optic internet uses electrooptical devices to convert electrical signals into light pulses and back—these devices are tiny but handle the massive data streams delivering everything from Netflix to your email.
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