ˈne(ə)rn]zt-, ˈnərn], ](t)st-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized N
Etymology: after Walther H. Nernst died 1941 German physicist & chemist
: a transverse electromotive force produced when a metal through which a flow of heat occurs is placed in a magnetic field and observed when the magnetic lines of force are perpendicular to the thermal flux