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Josephson effect

Jo·seph·son ef·fect [ jṓzəfs'n ìfekt ]


noun 
Definition:
 
passage of electrons through insulating layer: the passage of an electric current through a thin insulating layer between two superconducting metals

[Late 20th century. After Brian David Josephson (b. 1940), British physicist]
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