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Photoelectron Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix photo-

Photoelectron has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an electron that is emitted from an atom or molecule by an incident photon

2

An electron ejected from the surface of a material by the photoelectric effect.

See Also
photoelectric effect photomultiplier electron photopion photoelectrons
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
electron
Rhyming Words
ron aron eron tron iron fron pron kron bron pyron boron miron enron doron meron jaron varon yoron myron maron
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