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Einstein's photoelectric equation

noun

, Physics.
  1. the equation that relates the energy of a photoelectron to the difference between the product of the frequency of the incident radiation times Planck's constant and the energy needed to remove the photoelectron from the substance.

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Origin of Einstein's photoelectric equation1

Named after Albert Einstein

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