How to Use photosensitive in a Sentence

photosensitive

adjective
  • The scientists were able to prove that photosensitive neuron cells in the retina can respond to light up to five hours after death.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 16 May 2022
  • In a regular camera there is a lens that focuses light on a photosensitive medium like film.
    — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018
  • To create a single transistor, a complex pattern of light is exposed to an area of a photosensitive wafer.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Early film used photosensitive chemicals placed on a nitrate base, which made the film extremely flammable.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2018
  • While the population of those with photosensitive epilepsy is small, the impact can be quite serious.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe and Saeed Ahmed, CNN, 17 Dec. 2019
  • To produce his paintings, the artist works in a darkroom using a flashlight to mark images onto photosensitive paper.
    — Dallas News, 12 July 2022
  • As the disease advanced, people displayed a symmetrical photosensitive rash across their limbs, neck and face.
    — Kristin Baird Rattini, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2018
  • As the disease advanced, people displayed a symmetrical photosensitive rash across their limbs, neck and face.
    — Kristin Baird Rattini, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2018
  • For example, photosensitive organoids like the one mentioned above might dimly sense a flash of light, then a return to darkness, even if the event raises no thoughts or feelings.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Li-Fi uses special light fixtures that have small control units and solid-state light emitters and photosensitive receivers.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The prints were created by exposing the photosensitive media directly to the sun.
    — Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, 4 May 2017
  • Certain frequencies of light can trigger seizures for photosensitive epileptics, about 3 percent of those with epilepsy.
    — Amanda Svachula, New York Times, 18 June 2018
  • Exposing photosensitive skin to sunlight can also increase risk for cancer.
    — Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2017
  • The game features rapidly blinking lights and other animations that could cause seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2020
  • But there is a third type, too, known as intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells, and these are not affected in color-blind people.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Light falls onto an array of photosensitive silicon nanowires that function as photoreceptor cells.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • But the researcher also modified the polymer at the gate by integrating photosensitive molecules, which means the gate can also be controlled by light.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The technique uses liquid resins that solidify only when photosensitive molecules within the resin absorb two photons of light at the same time instead of just one.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025
  • By a process known as plate solving—a term that dates back to the early days when astrophotographers made images on glass plates coated with a photosensitive compound—the scope will take several photos.
    — PCMAG, 16 May 2024
  • Takeda obtained soil samples from a number of locations around Fukushima and nearby prefectures and placed them on photosensitive film in a light-tight chamber for a month.
    — Teju Cole, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2017
  • First, a film of photosensitive material, or photoresist, is applied onto a silicon wafer.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • Cell lasers also hold promise as a way of deliver laser for therapies, for example, to activate a photosensitive drug at the target to kill microbes or cancerous cells.
    — Matjaž Humar and Seok-Hyun Yun, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2015
  • The video prominently features Noé’s signature strobe effects and begins with a warning for photosensitive viewers.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The company embraced an emerging technology at the time that used photosensitive paper to capture images that could be easily mass reproduced in print.
    — Dee Depass, Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Scientists have trained plastic to walk on its own using a combination of photosensitive bio-inspiration and light-reactive coatings.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Similar to a Foveon chip, the three photosensitive layers of the sensor divide the spectrum of visible light into three bands with peak sensitivities at blue, green, and red.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Many games, including every title in the Ubisoft catalog, include a similar on-screen warning for photosensitive players.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Today, the most common form of photosensitive resin printers use stereolithography (SLA).
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2020
  • There’s a debate about whether or not cyclists should use flashing lights due to the potential effect on people with photosensitive epilepsy, which is particularly triggered by deep-red colors, like taillights.
    — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2020
  • His drawing was printed on film like a photo negative, then exposed to an ultra-violet light, which caused a reaction in a layer of photosensitive emulsion coated on the screen and created a stencil.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2021

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