Zeeman effect

English

Etymology

After Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist.

Noun

Zeeman effect (plural Zeeman effects)

(physics) The splitting of single spectral lines into three (or more) in the presence of a magnetic field.

Hyponyms

Paschen-Back effect

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