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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 substancesplay

  Familiarity information: THERMIONIC EMISSION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THERMIONIC EMISSION (noun)


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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