Piezoelectricity /piˌeɪzoʊˌilɛkˈtrɪsɪti/ is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solit materials (sic as crystals, certain ceramics, an biological matter sic as bane, DNA an various proteins) in response tae applee'd mechanical stress. The wird piezoelectricity means electricity resultin frae pressur. It is derived frae the Greek piezo or piezein (πιέζειν), which means tae squeeze or press, an electric or electron (ήλεκτρον), which stands for amber, an auncient soorce o electric charge. Piezoelectricity wis discovered in 1880 bi French pheesicists Jacques an Pierre Curie.