English Explanatory Dictionary

Schottky anomaly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A variation in the heat capacity of a solid at low temperatures which arises from the thermal population of discrete energy levels as the temperature is raised

Word forms

Schottky anomaly Schottky anomalies

Etymology

From Walter H. Schottky, German physicist.

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