Townsend discharges

A form of Townsend discharge — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Townsend discharge
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