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paschen-back effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables
paschen-back- -ef-fect
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of the Zeeman effect that affects the spectral lines obtained when a light source is placed in a very strong magnetic field.

Etymology

From Friedrich Paschen and Ernst Emil Alexander Back, German physicists.

Inflected Forms

Paschen-Back effects (plural)

Questions

What does paschen-back effect mean?
A form of the Zeeman effect that affects the spectral lines obtained when a light source is placed in a very strong magnetic field.
Where does paschen-back effect come from?
From Friedrich Paschen and Ernst Emil Alexander Back, German physicists.

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