English Explanatory Dictionary

Jahn-Teller effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A distortion of any symmetric non-linear molecule which reduces its symmetry and lowers its energy.

Word forms

Jahn-Teller effect Jahn-Teller effects

Etymology

From Hermann Arthur Jahn and Edward Teller.

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