PELTIER EFFECT


Meaning of PELTIER EFFECT in English

/pel"tyay/ , Physics.

the change in temperature of either junction of a thermocouple when a current is maintained in the thermocouple and after allowance is made for a temperature change due to resistance.

[ 1855-60; named after Jean C. A. Peltier (1785-1845), French physicist who discovered it ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .