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Schottky noise
  نوفه‌ی ِ شوتکی  
nufe-ye Schottky
Fr.: bruit de Schottky  

Excess voltage generated by 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. Same as → shot effect, → shot noise.

See also: Named after Walter Hans Schottky (1886-1976), German physicist;
→ noise.