(US) An electronic system that allows state welfare departments to issue benefits using a magnetically encoded payment card.

plural of transmission electron diffraction

plural of electron spin resonance

A non-destructive form of spectroscopy that analyses solid surface layers chemically by bombarding with electrons and measuring the energy levels of ejected electrons.

(quantum mechanics) The field concerned with the interaction of radiation and matter, and on the effects of quantum mechanics on the behaviour of electrons.

(music) A subgenre of industrial music with low-end drones, harsh loops, and screamed or distorted vocals.

plural of valence electron

(electronics, technology) A field of electronics involving the study of digital signals and the engineering of devices that use or produce them.

plural of unpaired electron

(physics) An electron microscope that transmits a very narrow beam of electrons through a sample; it can detect individual large or heavy atoms.