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Zeeman Effect

Webster's Dictionary

The widening and duplication, triplication, etc., of spectral lines when the radiations emanate in a strong magnetic field, first observed in 1896 by P. Zeeman, a Dutch physicist, and regarded as an important confirmation of the electromagnetic theory of light.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Zeeman Effect'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​z/zeeman-effect.html. 1828.