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presheaths

presheaths is the plural of presheath.

Meaning of presheath

Noun

presheath (plural presheaths)

  1. A region in advance of a sheath
    • Instead, a long presheath region extends into the plasma where electrons are accelerated via a pressure gradient to a flow speed exceeding the electron thermal speed at the sheath edge.2015, Benjamin T. Yee, Brett Scheiner, Scott D. Baalrud, Edward V. Barnat, Matthew M. Hopkins, “Electron Sheaths: The Outsized Influence of Positive Boundaries on Plasmas”, in arXiv

Questions about presheaths

What is presheaths the plural of?
Presheaths is the plural of presheath.

Words near presheaths in the dictionary

  1. preshaves
  2. presheaf
  3. presheafs
  4. preshear
  5. presheath
  6. presheaths
  7. presheaves
  8. preshelter
  9. preshift
  10. preshifted
  11. preshifting

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