Hall-effect definition
A phenomenon that occurs when an electric current moving through a conductor is exposed to an external magnetic field applied at a right angle, in which an electric potential develops in the conductor at a right angle to both the direction of current and the magnetic field. The Hall effect is a direct result of Lorentz forces acting on the charges in the current, and is named after physicist Edwin Herbert Hall (1855–1938).
Generation of an electric potential perpendicular to both an electric current flowing along a conducting material and an external magnetic field applied at right angles to the current upon application of the magnetic field.
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(physics) The effect in which a conductor that carries an electric current perpendicular to an applied magnetic field develops a voltage gradient transverse to both current and field.
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hall-effect
Plural:
hall-effectsOrigin of hall-effect
- After Edwin Herbert Hall (1855–1938), American physicist
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Edwin Herbert Hall, American physicist.
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