thermoelectronics
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The study and use of electrical devices that operate by the thermionic emission of electrons.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[…] thermoelectronics, along with some of its future uses, such as in heating systems, refrigeration, home cooling units, and automobile power units."
- "Hence, the unique structures of nanocarbon with their novel properties have […] been studied extensively as a future suitable candidate for the various potential fields such as energy storage, production, and conversion devices (battery, water electrolyzer, fuel cell, solar cell, etc.), electronics (field-effect transistors, thermoelectronics, etc.) and biomedical engineering, etc."
Etymology
From thermo- + electronics.