First Known Use: 1899
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Zeeman effect
noun Zee·man effect \ˈzā-ˌmän-, -mən-\
Definition of ZEEMAN EFFECT
: the splitting of a single spectral line into two or more lines of different frequencies observed when radiation (as light) originates in a magnetic field
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Origin of ZEEMAN EFFECT
Pieter Zeeman
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