field emission
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The emission of electrons from a metal or semiconductor, under the influence of a strong electric field, by quantum tunnelling.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Field emission was described for the first time at the end of the 19th century. Thorough experiments in the 1920s showed clearly that this emission occurred under high electric field and was not related to thermoelectronic emission."
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Synonyms
field electron emission