English Explanatory Dictionary

electron avalanche

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process in which a number of free electrons in a transmission medium are subjected to strong acceleration by an electric field and subsequently collide with other atoms of the medium, thereby ionizing them and releasing additional electrons which further the process.

Word forms

electron avalanche electron avalanches
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