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THERMIONIC EMISSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thermionic emission mean?
• THERMIONIC EMISSION (noun)
The noun THERMIONIC EMISSION has 1 sense:
1. the emission of electrons from very hot substances
Familiarity information: THERMIONIC EMISSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The emission of electrons from very hot substances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
thermal emission; thermionic emission
Hypernyms ("thermionic emission" is a kind of...):
emission (the release of electrons from parent atoms)
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