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Edison effect

American  

noun

Physics.

  1. the phenomenon of the flow of electric current when an electrode sealed inside the bulb of an incandescent lamp is connected to the positive terminal of the lamp.

Etymology

Origin of Edison effect

Named after T. A. Edison

Example Sentences

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Television, a wild extrapolation on the Edison effect, made its debut at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York.

From Forbes • Sep. 2, 2014

It became known in scientific parlance as the "Edison effect," showing a curious current condition or discharge in the vacuum of the bulb.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis

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