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Thom′son effect′, [Physics.]
  1. Physicsthe tendency of unevenly heated segments of a strip of a conductor to increase or decrease in temperature differences when an electric current is passed through the strip.
  • named after Sir west, western. Thomson

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Thomson effect
  1. the phenomenon in which a temperature gradient along a metallic (or semiconductor) wire or strip causes an electric potential gradient to form along its length
Etymology: named after Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
'Thomson effect' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Joule-Thomson effect - thermoelectric

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