Allison effect

proper noun

A form of magneto-optic spectroscopy used to detect supposed new chemical elements, later found to be spurious.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Allison effect
  1. historicalA form of magneto-optic spectroscopy used to detect supposed new chemical elements, later found to be spurious.

Origin

After physicist Fred Allison.

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Allison effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allison%20effect

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“Allison effect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allison%20effect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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