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Secondary Emission

Definition: Secondary Emission

Secondary Emission

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definitions: Secondary Emission

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

Emission of subatomic particles or photons stimulated by primary radiation; for example, cosmic rays impinging on other particles and causing them, by disruption of their electron configurations or even of their nuclei, to emit particles and photons or both in turn. (references)

Physics

An electron emission due to the bombardment of a surface by electrons or ions. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Secondary Emission

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
SECEnglishSecondary emission controlPost & Telecom

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: Secondary Emission

English words defined with "secondary emission": image orthiconorthicon. (references)
Specialty definitions using "secondary emission": dynodesecondary cosmic rays, Secondary Electron Emission. (references)

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Modern Translations: Secondary Emission

Language Translations for "secondary emission"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

sekundær emission (secondary electron emission), sekundær elektronemission (secondary electron emission). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

secundaire emissie (secondary electron emission), secundaire elektronenemissie (secondary electron emission), emissie van secundaire elektronen (secondary electron emission). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

SEC-vidikoni (SEC vidicon, secondary emission control vidicon). (various references)

   

French

  

émission secondaire (secondary electron emission), émission électronique secondaire (secondary electron emission). (various references)

   

German

  

Sekundaeremission, Sekundäremission (secondary electron emission), Sekundärelektronenemission (secondary electron emission). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δευτερογενής εκπομπή (secondary electron emission). (various references)

   

Italian

  

emissione secondaria (secondary electron emission), emissione elettronica secondaria (secondary electron emission). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

econdarysay emissionay

   

Portuguese

  

emissão secundária (secondary electron emission), emissão electrónica secundária (secondary electron emission). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

emisión secundaria (secondary electron emission), emisión electrónica secundaria (secondary electron emission). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sekundär emission (secondary electron emission), sekundär elektronemission (secondary electron emission). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Secondary Emission

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-o-o-r-s-s-s-y"

-4 letters: oneiromancies, secondariness.

-5 letters: diseconomies, rancidnesses, randomnesses, readmissions, sardonicisms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Secondary Emission


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 65 63 6F 6E 64 61 72 79      45 6D 69 73 73 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100101 01100011 01101111 01101110 01100100 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01000101 01101101 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#99 &#111 &#110 &#100 &#97 &#114 &#121 &#32 &#69 &#109 &#105 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 0063 006F 006E 0064 0061 0072 0079      0045 006D 0069 0073 0073 0069 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53716981807067849123979758585758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Abbreviations
5. Acronyms
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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