Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thermion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thermion
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An electrically charged particle, either an electron or an ion, emitted by a conducting material at high temperatures

Etymology

Etymology tree English therm- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English thermion From therm- + ion.

Inflected Forms

thermions (plural)

Questions

What does thermion mean?: An electrically charged particle, either an electron or an ion, emitted by a conducting material at high temperatures
Where does thermion come from?: Etymology tree English therm- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English thermion From therm- + ion.

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