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1Thermoelectric effect — The thermoelectric effect is the direct conversion of temperature differences to electric voltage and vice versa. On the measurement scale of everyday life, a thermoelectric device creates a voltage when there is a different temperature on each… …
2electricity — /i lek tris i tee, ee lek /, n. 1. See electric charge. 2. See electric current. 3. the science dealing with electric charges and currents. 4. a state or feeling of excitement, anticipation, tension, etc. [1640 50; ELECTRIC + ITY] * * *… …
3Scientific phenomena named after people — This is a list of scientific phenomena and concepts named after people (eponymous phenomena). For other lists of eponyms, see eponym. NOTOC A* Abderhalden ninhydrin reaction Emil Abderhalden * Abney effect, Abney s law of additivity William de… …
4Boite de conserve — Collection …
5Post-glacial rebound — A model of present day mass change due to post glacial rebound and the reloading of the ocean basins with seawater. Blue and purple areas indicate rising due to the removal of the ice sheets. Yellow and red areas indicate falling as mantle… …
6thermoelectricity — /therr moh i lek tris i tee, ee lek /, n. electricity generated by heat or temperature difference, as in a thermocouple. [1815 25; THERMO + ELECTRICITY] * * * ▪ physics also called Peltier Seebeck effect direct conversion of heat into… …
7Diode — Figure 1: Closeup of a diode, showing the square shaped semiconductor crystal (black object on left) …
8Constitutive equation — Many defining equations are in the form of a constitutive equation, since parameters of a property or effect associated matter are characteristic to the substance in question. A large number of other defining equations not specifically… …
9MESURE - Mesures thermiques — Les mesures thermiques sont nées du besoin de traduire par des repères numériques les sensations de chaud et de froid liées à la température. Celle ci est donc directement accessible à nos sens, mais d’autres grandeurs thermiques moins évidentes… …
10Atmospheric electricity — is the regular diurnal variations of the Earth s atmospheric electromagnetic network (or, more broadly, any planet s electrical system in its layer of gases). The Earth’s surface, the ionosphere, and the atmosphere is known as the global… …
