English Explanatory Dictionary

Hall effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the effect in which a conductor that carries an electric current perpendicular to an applied magnetic field develops a voltage gradient transverse to both current and field

Word forms

Hall effect Hall effects

Etymology

From Edwin Herbert Hall, American physicist.

Derived words

FQHE quantum Hall effect Hall effect thruster
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