Zeeman effect

English

Etymology

After Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist.

Noun

Zeeman effect (plural Zeeman effects)

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

Hyponyms

• Paschen-Back effect
• normal Zeeman effect
• anomalous Zeeman effect

Translations

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞曼效應／塞曼效应