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Effect of current and temperature on charged particle (6)

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I believe the answer is:

action

'effect' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'current and temperature on charged particle' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'ac' (alternating current).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'charged particle' becomes 'ion' (I've seen this before).
'ac'+'t'+'ion'='ACTION'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for action that I've seen before include "Lawsuit; thing done" , "Fighting - lawsuit" , "Deed - lawsuit - battle" , "Jarndyce and Jarndyce, say" , "Battle (in the law courts?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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