Definition of Photoelectric effect

1. Noun. (physics) The emission of electrons from the surface of a material following the absorption of electromagnetic radiation ¹

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Medical Definition of Photoelectric effect

1. The interaction of a photon with an atom, resulting in the absorption of the incident photon and the release of a bound electron from that atom with energy equal to the photon energy less the electron binding energy. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Photoelectric Effect

photodynamically
photodynamics
photodynesis
photodynia
photodysphoria
photoecology
photoed
photoelastic
photoelasticity
photoelectret
photoelectrets
photoelectric
photoelectric absorption
photoelectric cell
photoelectric cells
photoelectric effect (current term)
photoelectric emission
photoelectrical
photoelectrically
photoelectricity
photoelectrochemical
photoelectrochemistry
photoelectrode
photoelectrodes
photoelectrolysis
photoelectrolytic
photoelectromagnetic
photoelectromagnetic effect
photoelectrometer
photoelectromotive

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