Assertion: cathode | /r/CapableOf | release electron
Facets:
value: into the vacuum
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by a process
type: MANNER
value: into the tube
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: A cathode made of a wire filament heated red hot by a separate current passing through it would release electrons into the tube by a process called thermionic emission.
text: The operating temperature of the cathode causes it to release electrons into the vacuum, a process called thermionic emission.