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photoelectron

photoelectron noun: an electron ejected from the surface of a material by the photoelectric effect.

Noun

photoelectron (plural photoelectrons)

  1. An electron ejected from the surface of a material by the photoelectric effect.

photoelectron meaning in Tamil

photoelectron in Tamil

ஒளி எலெக்ட்ரான், ஒளியிலத்திரன்

Forms of photoelectron

pluralphotoelectrons

Origin of photoelectron

From photo- + electron.

Questions about photoelectron

What does photoelectron mean?
Photoelectron means an electron ejected from the surface of a material by the photoelectric effect.
What is photoelectron in Tamil?
Photoelectron in Tamil is ஒளி எலெக்ட்ரான், ஒளியிலத்திரன். See Photoelectron meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photoelectron?
Photoelectron is a noun.
What is the plural of photoelectron?
The plural of photoelectron is photoelectrons.

Words near photoelectron in the dictionary

  1. photoelectrolytic
  2. photoelectromagnetic
  3. photoelectromagnetic effect
  4. photoelectromagnetic effects
  5. photoelectromotive
  6. photoelectron
  7. photoelectronic
  8. photoelectrons
  9. photoelectrosynthesis
  10. photoelectrosynthetic
  11. photoelectrosythesis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photoelectron (page history and authors); photoelectron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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