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peltier effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables
peltier -ef-fect
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thermoelectric effect which occurs when current is passed through a thermocouple causing one side of the Peltier to heat up and the other to cool down, used in computing as a cooling process.

Etymology

Named after French physicist Jean C. A. Peltier (1785–1845), the discoverer of the effect.

Inflected Forms

Peltier effects (plural)

Phrases

Peltier cooling Seebeck effect

Frequently Paired Words

Peltier cooling Seebeck effect

Questions

What does peltier effect mean?
A thermoelectric effect which occurs when current is passed through a thermocouple causing one side of the Peltier to heat up and the other to cool down, used in computing as a cooling process.
Where does peltier effect come from?
Named after French physicist Jean C. A. Peltier (1785–1845), the discoverer of the effect.

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