Hall effect

English

Etymology

From Edwin Herbert Hall, American physicist.

Noun

Hall effect (plural Hall effects)

(physics) the effect in which a conductor that carries an electric current perpendicular to an applied magnetic field develops a voltage gradient transverse to both current and field

Derived terms

FQHE
quantum Hall effect
Hall effect thruster (HET)

Translations

development of a transverse voltage gradient

German: Halleffekt m
Korean: 홀 효과 (hol hyogwa)

Romanian: efect Hall n
Russian: Эффект Холла m (Effekt Xolla)

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