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electron gas


electron gas

noun

Definition of ELECTRON GAS

: a population of free electrons in a vacuum or in a metallic conductor

First Known Use of ELECTRON GAS

circa 1929

Rhymes with ELECTRON GAS

atomic mass, critical mass, Depression glass, laughing jackass, optical glass, play-action pass, venetian glass, volcanic glass

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