photoelectron

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌfəʊtəʊɪˈlɛktrɒn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fō′tō i lek′tron)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pho•to•e•lec•tron  (fō′tō i lek′tron),USA pronunciation n. [Physics.]
  1. Physicsan electron emitted from a system by the photoelectric effect.
  • photo- + electron 1910–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
photoelectron /ˌfəʊtəʊɪˈlɛktrɒn/ n
  1. an electron ejected from an atom, molecule, or solid by an incident photon
'photoelectron' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Einstein's photoelectric equation

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