peltier effect [电] Paltier效应
Peltier effect \Pel`tier" ef*fect"\ [After Jean C. A. Peltier,
French physicist, the discoverer.] (Elec.)
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.]