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Definition of Thermionic emission
1. Noun. The emission of electrons from very hot substances.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermionic Emission
Literary usage of Thermionic emission
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Thermionic Valve and Its Developments in Radio-telegraphy and Telephony by John Ambrose Fleming (1919)
"thermionic emission from platinum wires coated with oxides of calcium, barium or
strontium, and found that in vacuo such oxide-coated wires emit far more ..."
2. The Thermionic Vacuum Tube and Its Applications by Hendrik Johannes Van der Bijl (1920)
"Influence of Limitation of Current by thermionic emission. If we consider the
characteristics as actually obtained in practice, we find that on the upper ..."
3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"R. found in his expts. that laws governing thermionic emission of electrons were
quite similar to the laws of ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1919)
"In 1904 Wehnelt discovered that the thermionic emission from conductors coated with
... Since that date the study of thermionic emission has proceeded most ..."
5. Wireless Telegraphy: With Special Reference to the Quenched-spark System by Bernard John Leggett (1921)
"Particularly gases would appear to effect the purely thermionic emission, for
example, oxygen causes a decreased emission from a tungsten wire. 4. ..."
6. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy and Telephony by John Ambrose Fleming (1916)
"If, however, an extremely high vacuum • is made in the bulb, and all occluded
gases removed by heating, the phenomena of pure thermionic emission are ..."
7. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy and Telephony by John Ambrose Fleming (1919)
"If, however, an extremely high vacuum is made in the bulb, and all occluded gases
removed by heating, the phenomena of pure thermionic emission are obtained ..."
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