English Explanatory Dictionary

Allison effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A form of magneto-optic spectroscopy used to detect supposed new chemical elements, later found to be spurious.

Word forms

Allison effect the Allison effect

Etymology

After physicist Fred Allison.

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