English Explanatory Dictionary

Thomson effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The phenomenon where, when in the presence of a gradient in the Seebeck coefficient, driving a current through this gradient produces a continuous version of the Peltier effect.

Word forms

Thomson effect Thomson effects

Etymology

Named after William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.

Related words

Peltier effect Seebeck effect
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