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space charge

Electronics the negative electric charge within a cloud of electrons that is located in one of the spaces between electrodes, usually the cathode and first grid, in a vacuum tube

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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