English Explanatory Dictionary

Seebeck effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the thermodynamic effect by which heat being passed through a thermocouple is converted into electricity

Word forms

Seebeck effect

Etymology

Named after Estonian physicist Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770–1831), the discoverer of the effect.

Related words

thermodynamic effect Peltier effect
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