Peltier effect

English

Etymology

Named after French physicist Jean C. A. Peltier (1785–1845), 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 causing one side of the Peltier to heat up and the other to cool down, used in computing as a cooling process.

Related terms

• Peltier cooling

Translations

thermodynamic effect

Chinese: Mandarin: 珀耳帖效應 / 珀耳帖效应 (Pò'ěrtiě xiàoyìng) Finnish: Peltier’n ilmiö German: Peltiereffekt m Italian: effetto Peltier m Japanese: ペルチェ効果 (peruche-kōka) Portuguese: efeito Peltier m

See also

• Seebeck effect