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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Ejection of electrons from a substance by incident electromagnetic radiation, especially by visible light.
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- noun physics The
emission ofelectrons from the surface of a material following theabsorption ofelectromagnetic radiation
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