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AVALANCHE BREAKDOWN

Specialty Definition: AVALANCHE BREAKDOWN

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Electrical Engineering

A rapid increase of current through a p-n junction resulting from repeated impact ionisations in which the generated current carriers themselves cause impact ionisations, a sharper knee appearing in the characteristic than with Zener breakdown. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: AVALANCHE BREAKDOWN

Specialty definitions using "AVALANCHE BREAKDOWN": avalanche photodiode ♦ break-back voltage ♦ emitter-multiplied avalanche breakdown voltage. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AVALANCHE BREAKDOWN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

abrupt avalanche breakdown junction n p

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AVALANCHE BREAKDOWN

Language Translations for "AVALANCHE BREAKDOWN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

avalanche-gennembrud (avalanche effect, breakdown), lavine-gennembrud (avalanche effect, breakdown). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

avalanche breakdown (avalanche effect, breakdown), lawinedoorslag (avalanche effect, breakdown). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vyöryläpilyönti (avalanche effect, breakdown). (various references)

   

French

  

rupture par avalanche (avalanche effect). (various references)

   

German

  

Avalanche-Durchbruch (avalanche effect, breakdown), Lawinendurchbruch (avalanche effect, breakdown). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Î"ιάσπαση χιονοστιβάδας (avalanche effect, breakdown). (various references)

   

Italian

  

scarica disruptiva a valanga (avalanche effect, breakdown). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

avalancheay eakdownbray

   

Portuguese

  

colapso por avalanche (avalanche effect, breakdown). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

rupture de avalancha (avalanche effect, breakdown), ruptura en avalancha (avalanche effect, breakdown). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lavingenombrott (avalanche effect, breakdown). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Bibliography


  

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