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THERMIONIC CURRENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thermionic current mean?
• THERMIONIC CURRENT (noun)
The noun THERMIONIC CURRENT has 1 sense:
1. an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission
Familiarity information: THERMIONIC CURRENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("thermionic current" is a kind of...):
current; electric current (a flow of electricity through a conductor)
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