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electron temperature
The temperature determined by the mean kinetic energy of free electrons in a plasma; also known as the kinetic temperature. Inside stars, electron temperature is likely to match the temperature as measured by other methods, but in the rarefied environment of a nebula or the outer atmospheres of stars, it may be quite different.
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