electron volt

ɪˈlɛktrɒn voʊlt

Definition

Definition of electron volt - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

physics

TECH.

unit of energy for subatomic particles

TECH.

The particle's energy was measured in electron volts.

unit

TECH.

energy gained by an electron through one volt

TECH.

The experiment required 500 electron volts to proceed.

energy unit

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Expressions with electron

electron flow

movement of electrons through a material or empty space

In metals, electron flow allows electric current to travel through wires.

electron shell

layer around an atom's nucleus where electrons are found

Electrons in an electron shell determine the chemical properties of an element..

electron affinity

measure of an atom's ability to form an anion

Electron affinity helps predict anion formation.

electron beam

tool used in electron microscopy for imaging

An electron beam scans the specimen in the electron microscope..

electron microscope

microscope using electrons to see very small things clearly

The electron microscope revealed tiny cell structures.

electron microscopy

microscopy using electron beams for high-resolution images

Electron microscopy revealed the virus structure.

Expressions with volt

megaelectron volt

unit of energy equal to one million electron volts

The particle accelerator reached energies of several megaelectron volts.

volt-ampere

unit of apparent power in an electrical circuit

The transformer's capacity is measured in volt-amperes..

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MeV

acr.

acr: Mega electron Volt

unit of energy used in particle physics

Examples of electron volt in a sentence

They calculated the energy in electron volts.
The device operates at 10 electron volts.
Scientists measured the reaction in electron volts.

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French:électron-volt, ...
German:Elektronenvolt, ...
Italian:elettronvolt, ...
Spanish:electronvoltio, electrón-voltio, ...
Portuguese:elétron-volt, ...
Chinese:电子伏特, ...
Japanese:電子ボルト, エレクトロンボルト, ...
Arabic:إِلِكْتْرُون فُولْت, ...
Hebrew:אֶלֶקְטְרוֹן וּוֹלְט, ...
Russian:электронвольт, электрон-вольт, ...
Ukrainian:електрон-вольт, одиниця енергії, ...
Hindi:इलेक्ट्रॉन वोल्ट, इलेक्ट्रॉन वोल्ट इकाई, ...
Bengali:ইলেকট্রন ভোল্ট, ...
Catalan:electrovolt, ...
Czech:elektronvolt, ...
Danish:elektronvolt, ...
Dutch:elektronvolt, ...
Greek:ηλεκτρονιοβόλτ, ...
Hungarian:elektronvolt, ...
Khmer:អេឡិចត្រុងវ៉ុល, ...
Korean:전자볼트, 에너지 단위, ...
Persian:الکترون ولت, الکترون‌ولت, ...
Polish:elektronowolt, ...
Portuguese (BR):elétron-volt, ...
Romanian:electron volt, electronvolt, ...
Swedish:elektronvolt, ...
Thai:อิเล็กตรอนโวลต์, หน่วยอิเล็กตรอนโวลต์, ...
Turkish:elektron volt, enerji birimi, ...
Vietnamese:electron volt, đơn vị electron, ...

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