shot effect
noun Electronics.
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.
Also called
Schottky noise.
Origin of shot effect
translation of German
Schroteffekt (1918), equivalent to
Schrot small shot, buckshot +
Effekt
effect
Words nearby shot effect
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