Main Entry:

Au·ger effect

Pronunciation:

\(ˌ)ō-ˈzhā-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Pierre V. Auger †1993 French physicist

Date:

1931

: a process in which an atom that has been ionized through the emission of an electron with energy in the X-ray range undergoes a transition in which a second electron is emitted rather than an X-ray photon —called also Auger process