Definition of Thermionics

1. Noun. The branch of electronics dealing with thermionic phenomena (especially thermionic vacuum tubes).

Generic synonyms: Electronics

Definition of Thermionics

1. [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermionics

thermic
thermic fever
thermic lance
thermically
thermidors
thermifugine
thermin
thermion
thermionic
thermionic current
thermionic emission
thermionic tube
thermionic vacuum tube
thermionic valve
thermionic valves
thermionics (current term)
thermions
thermister
thermisters
thermistor
thermistors
thermit
thermitase
thermite
thermites
thermits
thermo-
thermoacidophile
thermoacidophiles
thermoacoustic

Literary usage of Thermionics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Electrical Theory by Norman Robert Campbell (1913)
"It may be observed in passing that, if experiments on thermionics may be taken as giving any information concerning the number of free electrons, ..."

2. The Constitution of Matter by Joseph Sweetman Ames (1913)
"PROPERTIES OF METALS: thermionics; MAGNETISM IN the four preceding lectures I have discussed what we may call the universal properties of matter — mass and ..."

3. The Thermionic Vacuum Tube and Its Applications by Hendrik Johannes Van der Bijl (1920)
"These agencies form the basis of the subjects of thermionics, ... Elements of thermionics. The first of these agencies which is the most important for our ..."

4. American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory by Jaques Cattell, Jaques Cattell Press (1921)
"... 17-20; physicist, West- inghouse Lamp Co, SO- AA; Physical Soc. Index of refraction of H2O; thermionics; resistance in magnetic field. Lester, Prof. ..."

5. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society by American Mathematical Society (1913)
"... closing years of the nineteenth century, at the very close of which comes Richardson's work on thermionics, belonging actually to the twentieth century. ..."

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