Photoelectric Effect (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Physics.
  1. the phenomenon in which the absorption of electromagnetic radiation, as light, of sufficiently high frequency by a surface, usually metallic, induces the emission of electrons from the surface.
noun
  1. the ejection of electrons from a solid by an incident beam of sufficiently energetic electromagnetic radiation
  2. any phenomenon involving electricity and electromagnetic radiation, such as photoemission
    Photoelectric Effect (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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