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エジソン効果 (エジソンこうか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

エジソン効こう果か

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Meanings

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Edison effect; thermionic emission

Technical term in physics and electronics for the emission of electrons from a heated metal or semiconductor surface.

エジソン効こう果かは、真しん空くう管かんの基き本ほん原げん理りの一ひとつです

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The Edison effect is one of the fundamental principles of vacuum tubes.

Kanji

効merit, efficacy, efficiency
果fruit, reward, carry out

Related words

熱ねつ電でん子し放ほう出しゅつ
More formal and purely Japanese term for thermionic emission, while エジソン効果 explicitly references the historical discovery by Edison.

Etymology

Named after Thomas Edison, who first observed the effect in 1883. The Japanese term is a direct borrowing of the English 'Edison effect' combined with 効果 (effect).