bifacial

adjective

bi·​fa·​cial (ˌ)bī-ˈfā-shəl How to pronounce bifacial (audio)
: having opposite sides or faces worked on to form an edge for cutting or scraping
bifacially adverb

Examples of bifacial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Biden administration officials say the U.S. would continue to allow bifacial solar panels—those that collect solar energy from both sides of the panel—to enter the U.S. without paying duties. Josh Zumbrun, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022 The analysis found that for 93.1 percent of the world, the energy cost associated with tracking bifacial solar panels would be the lowest of available options. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2020 Unlike classical solar cells, where there is a metallic plate at the bottom to collect electrons and where only one face is active, the solar cells aboard the boat use metallic strings for the same purpose and get benefit of bifacial cells. Dhananjay Khadilkar, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2017 The White House has sought to claw back the exemption for bifacial, or two-sided, solar panels granted by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in 2019. Katherine Doyle, Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2020 President Biden chose not to do that for the double-sided panels, known in the industry as bifacial panels. Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022 The group’s chief executive, Abigail Ross Hopper, praised the exemption for bifacial panels. Time, 4 Feb. 2022 Domestic producers have argued that the exclusion for bifacial panels guts the tariffs. Josh Zumbrun, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022 The order comes weeks after President Donald Trump moved to eliminate a tariff exemption for the two-sided, or bifacial, panels. Brian Eckhouse, Bloomberg.com, 24 Oct. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bifacial was in 1842

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“Bifacial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bifacial. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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