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ZEEMAN

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ZEEMAN (noun)
  The noun ZEEMAN has 1 sense:

1. Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943)play

  Familiarity information: ZEEMAN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ZEEMAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Pieter Zeeman; Zeeman

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)


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