Meanings
nounSchottky anomaly (plural Schottky anomalies)
plural Schottky anomalies
- natural sciencesA variation in the heat capacity of a solid at low temperatures which arises from the thermal population of discrete energy levels as the temperature is raised
Origin
From Walter H. Schottky, German physicist.
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