autoionization [aw-toh-ahy-uh-nuh-zey-shuh n] WORD ORIGIN noun Physics. Auger effect. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of autoionization auto-1 + ionization Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for autoionization autoionization autoionisation noun physics the process in which spontaneous decay of excited atoms or molecules results in emission of electrons, rather than photons Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012