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THERMIONIC CURRENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("thermionic current" is a kind of...):
current; electric current (a flow of electricity through a conductor)