Peltier effect

English

Etymology

From physicist John C. A. Peltier, the discoverer of the effect.

Noun

Peltier effect (plural Peltier effects)

1. (physics) A thermoelectric effect which occurs when current is passed through a thermocouple, used in computing as a cooling process.

Related terms

• Seebeck effect

Translations

thermodynamic effect

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 珀耳帖效應／珀耳帖效应, 珀耳帖效应 (Pòěrtiě xiàoyìng)

• Finnish: Peltier’n ilmiö
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Peltiereffekt m
• Italian: effetto Peltier m
• Japanese: ペルチェ効果 (peruche-kōka)