Zeeman

[zey-mahn]

noun

1. Pieter 1865–1943, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1902.

Zeeman

1. Dutch physicist whose study of light sources in a magnetic field resulted in his discovery and explanation of the Zeeman effect. For this work he shared with Hendrik Lorentz the 1902 Nobel Prize for physics. He also studied the absorption and motion of electricity in fluids and magnetic fields on the surface of the Sun.

Example Sentences

The magnetic fields can be measured through the Zeeman effect of radiative emissions of atoms and molecules.

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"When I looked at the prices I said to my wife, 'Actually, I think he's making a living'," says Mr Zeeman.

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Roscosmos posted images of the Zeeman crater – the third largest in the moon’s southern hemisphere – taken from the spacecraft.

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The agency also posted images of the moon's Zeeman crater taken from the spacecraft.

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The Zeeman crater is the third deepest in the moon's southern hemisphere, the agency said, measuring 190 km in diameter and eight km in depth.

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