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Named after French physicist Jean C. A. Peltier (1785–1845), the discoverer of the effect.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peltier effect
Today it means: 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. Full definition →