·add. ·- 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.
·noun Manifestation; expression; sign. II. Effect ·noun The purport; the sum and substance. III. E...
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·add. ·- The widening and duplication, triplication, ·etc., of spectral lines when the radiations em...