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| Thom·son ef·fect [ tómss'n i fèkt ] |
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heat-caused electric effect in conductor: the phenomenon of temperature differences within a conductor or semiconductor causing an electric potential gradient
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| [Late 19th century. After William Thomson (1st Baron Kelvin)] |
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