Townsend discharge

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Townsend discharge [′tau̇n·zənd ‚dis‚chärj]

(electronics)

A discharge which occurs at voltages too low for it to be maintained by the electric field alone, and which must be initiated and sustained by ionization produced by other agents; it occurs at moderate pressures, above about 0.1 torr, and is free of space charges.

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