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PHOTOEMISSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does photoemission mean?
• PHOTOEMISSION (noun)
The noun PHOTOEMISSION has 1 sense:
1. an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface)
Familiarity information: PHOTOEMISSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("photoemission" is a kind of...):
emission (the release of electrons from parent atoms)
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