Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thomson effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: thom-son -ef-fect
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

Named after William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.

Inflected Forms

Thomson effects (plural)

Phrases

Peltier effect Seebeck effect

Frequently Paired Words

Peltier effect Seebeck effect

Questions

What does thomson effect mean?: 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.
Where does thomson effect come from?: Named after William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.

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