radiative recombination

noun

the capture of a free electron by an atom and the subsequent emission of a photon having the same energy

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Meanings

nounradiative recombination (countable and uncountable, plural radiative recombinations)

plural radiative recombinations

  1. countableuncountablenatural sciencesthe capture of a free electron by an atom and the subsequent emission of a photon having the same energy
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