Seebeck
Britishnoun
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any of a set of stamps issued (1890–99) in Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, and El Salvador and named after Nicholas Frederick Seebeck, who provided them free to the respective governments
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any of the reprints issued later for personal gain by Seebeck
Example Sentences
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Seebeck effect-based thermoelectric technologies capable of converting waste heat and other heat sources into electricity have been extensively researched in recent years.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2024
The combination of extremely high electrical conductivity and simultaneously a high Seebeck coefficient leads to record thermoelectric power factor values in nickel-gold alloys, which exceed those of conventional semiconductors by far.
From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023
The ratio of the built-up thermoelectric voltage and the temperature difference defines the Seebeck coefficient, named after the German physicist Thomas Johann Seebeck, which is an important parameter for the thermoelectric performance of a material.
From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023
It is usually a thin conductive material that exploits the temperature difference between its two sides to generate electricity, known as the Seebeck effect.
From Forbes • Jun. 8, 2010
Koenig also made a very ingenious modification of the siren for the purpose of enabling Seebeck to sound simultaneously notes whose vibrations had any given ratio.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various
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