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peltier effect
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peltier effect, [After Jean C. A. Peltier , French physicist, the discoverer.].
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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