Meanings
nounZeeman effect (plural Zeeman effects)
plural Zeeman effects
- natural sciencesThe splitting of single spectral lines into three (or more) in the presence of a magnetic field.
Origin
After Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 塞曼效應 /塞曼效应
- 塞曼效應 /塞曼效应splitting of single spectral lines into three (or more) in the presence of a magnetic field
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