See Also: hydraulic(dictionary)
hydraulic(2)(dictionary)
hydraulic(1)(dictionary)
hydraulic(medicine)
hydraulic motor(medicine)
hydraulic load(medicine)
hydraulic conductivity(medicine)
hydraulic jump(encyclopedia)
hydraulic press(encyclopedia)
Hydraulic - Motor Sports(gambling)

Peltier (iou) and hydraulic(2) (iou)


Peltier (iou)



Peltier noun. M19.
[J. C. A. Peltier (1785-1845), French amateur scientist.]
Physics. Used attrib. with ref. to an effect whereby heat is given out or absorbed when an electric current passes across a junction between two materials.
Peltier cooling, Peltier effect, Peltier heating, etc. Peltier coefficient the quantity of heat liberated or absorbed at a junction between two conductors, or between a given material and a Reference conductor, when a unit of charge passes between them.

hydraulic(2) (iou)



hydraulic verb trans. Infl. -ic(k)-. M19.
[from HYDRAULIC adjective & noun. For the inflection with k cf. frolicking, trafficking, etc.]
Work or obtain by the methods of hydraulic mining.