shot effect

shot effect
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.
[trans. of G Schroteffekt (1918), equiv. to Schrot small shot, buckshot + Effekt EFFECT]

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