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FIELD EMISSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does field emission mean?
• FIELD EMISSION (noun)
The noun FIELD EMISSION has 1 sense:
1. the emission of electrons that are stripped from parent atoms by a high electric field
Familiarity information: FIELD EMISSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The emission of electrons that are stripped from parent atoms by a high electric field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("field emission" is a kind of...):
emission (the release of electrons from parent atoms)
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