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autodetachment

autodetachment noun: synonym of autoionization.

Noun

autodetachment (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of autoionization.
    • It was shown that the divalent rare earth ions (La, Ce, Gd, Tb, Lu, and Y) in cubic sites in alkaline earth fluorides are unstable with respect to electron autodetachment since its d1(eg) ground state is located in the conduction band which is consistent with the general tendency of these ions in...2015, A.V. Egranov, T.Yu. Sizova, R.Yu. Shendrik, N.A. Smirnova, “Instability of some divalent rare earth ions and photochromic effect”, in arXiv
    Synonyms:
    autoionization

Synonyms of autodetachment

Origin of autodetachment

From auto- + detachment.

Questions about autodetachment

What does autodetachment mean?
Autodetachment means synonym of autoionization.
What part of speech is autodetachment?
Autodetachment is a noun.

Words near autodetachment in the dictionary

  1. autodestructed
  2. autodestructing
  3. autodestruction
  4. autodestructive
  5. autodestructs
  6. autodetachment
  7. autodetect
  8. autodetected
  9. autodetecting
  10. autodetection
  11. autodetector

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