shot effect

noun

, Electronics.

1. random fluctuations in the emission of electrons from a hot cathode, causing a hissing or sputtering sound shotnoise in an audio amplifier and causing snow on a television screen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shot effect¹

Translation of German Schroteffekt (1918), equivalent to Schrot small shot, buckshot + Effekt effect

Example Sentences

“It’s a sling shot effect,” said Mats Carlsson, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Oslo in Norway, and co-author of the paper.

From New York Times

She was completing a corner of the under-dress, and she showed him how, to gain the desired shot effect, she had twisted together half-threads of green and blue.

From Project Gutenberg

Or the fibre may be purposely dyed in two different colours in some cases to give the "shot" effect.

From Project Gutenberg

Formerly it was usually woven with the wool and silk yarns already dyed, especially when a "shot" effect was to be produced, this being done by a twill weave of the fabric and by the use of yarns of two very different colours in the case of "shot" fabrics.

From Project Gutenberg

The silk dyes a pale pink while the general effect is that of a fine fawn brown with a reddish shot effect.

From Project Gutenberg