Meanings
nounWiedemann effect (plural Wiedemann effects)
plural Wiedemann effects
- The twisting of a ferromagnetic rod through which an electric current is flowing when the rod is placed in a longitudinal magnetic field.
Origin
Discovered by the German physicist Gustav Wiedemann in 1858.
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