Zeeman effect
Physics the effect produced upon the structure of the spectral lines of light emitted or absorbed by atoms subjected to a moderately strong magnetic field, resulting in the splitting of each spectrum line into two or three lines () or into many lines ()
Origin of Zeeman effect
after Pieter ZeemanZeeman effect
noun
The splitting of single spectral lines of an emission spectrum into three or more polarized components when the radiation source is in a magnetic field.
Origin of Zeeman effect
After Pieter Zeeman.Zeeman effect
Noun
(plural Zeeman effects)
- (physics) the splitting of single spectral lines into three (more) in the presence of a magnetic field
Origin
After Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist.
