See Also: gobbing(medicine)
gobbing(dictionary)

photoelectron (iou) and gobbing (medicine)


photoelectron (iou)



photoelectron noun. E20.
[from PHOTO- + ELECTRON noun2.]
Physics. An electron released from an atom by the action of a photon; esp. one emitted from a solid surface under the action of light.
photoelec'tronic adjective of or pertaining to a photoelectron, or the interaction of light with electrons E20.
photoelec'tronics noun the branch of science and technology that deals with photoelectronic phenomena M20.

gobbing (medicine)


gobbing
<chemical> The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.

The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.

See: lst Gob.

Source: Websters Dictionary