Zeeman energy

noun

The energy of the interaction between the magnetic moment of an atom or molecule or the magnetization and an applied magnetic field

Meanings

nounZeeman energy (plural Zeeman energies)

plural Zeeman energies

  1. natural sciencesThe energy of the interaction between the magnetic moment of an atom or molecule or the magnetization and an applied magnetic field

Origin

For Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist

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