Meanings
nounJahn-Teller effect (plural Jahn-Teller effects)
plural Jahn-Teller effects
- chemistryA distortion of any symmetric non-linear molecule which reduces its symmetry and lowers its energy.
Origin
From Hermann Arthur Jahn and Edward Teller.
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