Thomson effect

noun

Thomson effect

noun

Etymology Named after William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.

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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Thermodynamics 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.

Related terms
Peltier effect, Seebeck effect

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