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work function
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work function
n.
The minimum amount of energy required to remove an electron from the surface of a metal.
work function
n
1. (Physics / General Physics) Physics the minimum energy required to transfer an electron from a point within a solid to a point just outside its surface. Symbol φ, Φ
2. (Physics / General Physics) Thermodynamics another name (not now used because of confusion with sense 1) for Helmholtz function


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