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hot electron

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hot electron [′hät i′lek‚trän]
(electronics)
An electron that is in excess of the thermal equilibrium number and, for metals, has an energy greater than the Fermi level; for semiconductors, the energy must be a definite amount above that of the edge of the conduction band.
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