Pronunciation: ' z ā - ˌ män-, -m ə n-
Function: noun
Etymology: Pieter Zeeman
Date: 1899
: the splitting of a single spectral line into two or more lines of different frequencies observed when radiation (as light) originates in a magnetic field
Pronunciation: ' z ā - ˌ män-, -m ə n-
Function: noun
Etymology: Pieter Zeeman
Date: 1899
: the splitting of a single spectral line into two or more lines of different frequencies observed when radiation (as light) originates in a magnetic field
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012