the phenomenon in which a current is produced in a circuit containing two or more different metals when the junctions between the metals are maintained at different temperatures
Also called: thermoelectric effect. Compare Peltier effect
Word origin
C19: named after Thomas Seebeck (1770–1831), German physicist
Seebeck effect in American English
(ˈzeɪˌbɛk; ˈsiˌbɛk)
Electricity
1.
the production of a current in a circuit when junctions composed of unlike metals have different temperatures, as in a thermocouple