Hall effect

English

Etymology

From Edwin Herbert Hall, American physicist.

Noun

Hall effect (plural Hall effects)

1. (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)