Definition of Secondary emission

1. Noun. The emission of electrons from a surface that is bombarded by higher energy primary electrons.

Generic synonyms: Emission

Definition of Secondary emission

1. Noun. (physics) The emission of electrons from the surface of a solid when bombarded with electrons or other charged particles ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secondary Emission

secondary dentin
secondary dentition
secondary deviation
secondary dextrocardia
secondary diagonal
secondary digestion
secondary disease
secondary drives
secondary drowning
secondary dysmenorrhea
secondary dysmenorrhoea
secondary education
secondary egg membrane
secondary electron
secondary electron imaging
secondary emission (current term)
secondary emissions
secondary encephalitis
secondary energy
secondary failure
secondary fermentation
secondary fissure of cerebellum
secondary follicle
secondary gain
secondary generalised epilepsy
secondary glaucoma
secondary haemorrhage
secondary homonym
secondary host
secondary hydrocephalus

Literary usage of Secondary emission

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"The number of electrons taking part in this reversed current depends upon the number caused by the secondary emission and upon the potential of the surface ..."

2. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"The number of electrons taking part in this reversed current depends upon the number caused by the secondary emission and upon the potential of the surface ..."

3. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"The number of electrons taking part in this reversed current depends upon the number caused by the secondary emission and upon the potential of the surface ..."

4. Radio Telephony by Alfred Norton Goldsmith (1918)
"In consequence the electrons released by the secondary emission are produced in increasing quantities. Since the anode is more positive than the plate, ..."

5. Radio Telephony by Alfred Norton Goldsmith (1918)
"In consequence the electrons released by the secondary emission are produced in ... As for the plate, it begins to lose by secondary emission an appreciable ..."

6. "N" Rays: A Collection of Papers Communicated to the Academy of Sciences by René Blondlot (1905)
"In these experiments, the secondary emission by the quartz is added to the " N ... This secondary emission has, indeed, its origin in the whole mass of the ..."

7. "N" Rays: A Collection of Papers Communicated to the Academy of Sciences by René Blondlot (1905)
"In these experiments, the secondary emission by the quartz is added to the " N ... This secondary emission has, indeed, its origin in the whole mass of the ..."

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