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==Etymology== The word ''piezoelectricity'' means [[electricity]] resulting from [[pressure]] and [[latent heat]]. It is derived {{etymology|grc|''{{wikt-lang|grc|πιέζω}}'' ({{grc-transl|πιέζω}})|to squeeze or press||''{{wikt-lang|grc|ἤλεκτρον}}'' ({{grc-transl|ἤλεκτρον}})|[[amber]]}} (an ancient source of static electricity).<ref name="OEtymD">{{OEtymD|piezoelectric}}</ref><ref>{{LSJ|pie/zw|πιέζειν}}, {{LSJ|h)/lektron|ἤλεκτρον|ref}}.</ref> The German form of the word ({{lang|de|Piezoelektrizität}}) was coined in 1881 by the German physicist [[Wilhelm Gottlieb Hankel]]; the English word was derived from German in 1883.<ref name="OEtymD"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hankel |first1=W. G. |title=Elektrische Untersuchungen. Fünfzehnte Abhandlung. Über die aktino- und piezoelektrischen Eigenschaften des Bergkrystalles und ihre Beziehung zu den thermoelektrischen. |journal=Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physischen Klasse der Königlichen-Säschsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften |date=1881 |volume=12 |pages=459–547 |trans-title=Electrical researches. Fifteenth treatise. On the radiative- and piezoelectric properties of rock crystal [i.e., quartz] and their relation to the thermoelectric [ones]. |language=German}} From p. 462: ''"Da die durch Druck erzeugte Elektricität sonach auch besonderen Gesetzen unterliegt, so wird es angemessen sein, derselben gleichfalls einen besonderen Namen beizulegen, und es dürfte sich dazu die Bezeichnung Piezoelektricität eignen."'' (Since the electricity [which is] generated by pressure is therefore also subject to special laws, then it will likewise be appropriate to give it a special name, and for this, the designation "piezoelectricity" might be suitable.) * The above article was also published separately as a pamphlet: {{cite book |last1=Hankel |first1=W. G. |title=Elektrische Untersuchungen. Fünfzehnte Abhandlung. Über die aktino- und piezoelektrischen Eigenschaften des Bergkrystalles und ihre Beziehung zu den thermoelektrischen. |date=1881 |publisher=S. Hirzel |location=Leipzig, Germany |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXXWkyYs8cEC&pg=PA455 |language=German}} See p. 462.</ref>
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