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Schottky effect

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noun

  1. physics a reduction in the energy required to remove an electron from a solid surface in a vacuum when an electric field is applied to the surface

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Etymology

Origin of Schottky effect

C20: named after Walter Schottky (1886–1976), German physicist

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