thermionics

1. 1.

   the branch of electronics dealing with thermionic phenomena (especially thermionic vacuum tubes)

   Broaderelectronics

Other forms of thermionics

plural

thermionicses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about thermionics

What does thermionics mean?

thermionics means "the branch of electronics dealing with thermionic phenomena (especially thermionic vacuum tubes)".

How many syllables are in thermionics?

thermionics has 4 syllables and divides as ther-mi-o-nics under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.