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shot' effect"



Electronics.
random fluctuations in the emission of electrons from a hot cathode, causing a hissing or sputtering sound (shot noise) in an audio amplifier and causing snow on a television screen. Also called Schottky noise.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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