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PIETER ZEEMAN
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• PIETER ZEEMAN (noun)
The noun PIETER ZEEMAN has 1 sense:
1. Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943)
Familiarity information: PIETER ZEEMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Pieter Zeeman; Zeeman
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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