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Townsend discharges

Townsend discharges is the plural of Townsend discharge.

Meaning of Townsend discharge

Noun

Townsend discharge (plural Townsend discharges)

  1. A gas ionization process where free electrons, accelerated by a sufficiently strong electric field, give rise to electrical conduction through a gas by avalanche multiplication caused by the ionization of molecules by ion impact.

Questions about Townsend discharges

What is Townsend discharges the plural of?
Townsend discharges is the plural of Townsend discharge.

Words near Townsend discharges in the dictionary

  1. Townsend avalanches
  2. Townsend daisies
  3. Townsend daisy
  4. Townsend deprivation index
  5. Townsend discharge
  6. Townsend discharges
  7. Townsend Harbor
  8. Townsend's solitaire
  9. Townsend's storm petrel
  10. Townsendian
  11. Townsendite

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