Gunn Effect Definition
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noun
The production of microwave oscillations when a constant voltage in excess of a critical level is applied to opposite faces of a semiconductor.
American Heritage
Origin of Gunn Effect
After John Battiscombe Gunn (1928–2008), Egyptian-born British physicist
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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