The damaging of the phosphor of a cathode ray tube by negatively ionized gas molecules produced by the electron beam and focused on to the screen; an ion spot so produced.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science.
Definition of ion burn in US English:
ion burn
noun
Chemistry Physics
The damaging of the phosphor of a cathode ray tube by negatively ionized gas molecules produced by the electron beam and focused on to the screen; an ion spot so produced.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science.