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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Peltier effect

/pĕl'-tē-ẽr ĭf-ĕkt'/ · Pel·tier· ef·fect · IPA
01 The production or absorption of heat at the junction of two metals on the passage of a current. Heat generated by the passage of the curren…
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    The production or absorption of heat at the junction of two metals on the passage of a current. Heat generated by the passage of the current in one direction will be absorbed if the current is reversed.(Elec.)