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- proper noun A
surname of French origin.
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Examples
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North Carolina's Nextreme has announced a chip with its own built-in Peltier cooler -- a cooling system that uses electricity to move heat from one side of a surface to the other.
Boing Boing 2008
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"When you looked up to me for advice, you had it all," said Justin Peltier.
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One employs a thermoelectric phenomenon, called the Peltier effect, to cool the graspers handling the cloth (and thus the cloth itself) well below zero by passing current through them …
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Further improvements, including extremely high-purity materials, together with gaining better insight into the physics of luminescent crystals have enabled the researchers at UNM to reach a new milestone by cooling to temperatures below what is achievable by standard thermoelectric (also known as Peltier) coolers.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Further improvements, including extremely high-purity materials, together with gaining better insight into the physics of luminescent crystals have enabled the researchers at UNM to reach a new milestone by cooling to temperatures below what is achievable by standard thermoelectric (also known as Peltier) coolers.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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These types of modules rely on the Peltier effect, also called the Peltier-Seebeck effect, or the Seebeck-Peltier effect.
The Gadgeteer 2010
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This method, called the Peltier Current Lead (PCL), drastically cuts heat transfer between the liquid nitrogen cooling system and the ambient temperature section.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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This technology is based on a principle called the Peltier Effect, which draws heat electronically.
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Further improvements, including extremely high-purity materials, together with gaining better insight into the physics of luminescent crystals have enabled the researchers at UNM to reach a new milestone by cooling to temperatures below what is achievable by standard thermoelectric (also known as Peltier) coolers.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Further improvements, including extremely high-purity materials, together with gaining better insight into the physics of luminescent crystals have enabled the researchers at UNM to reach a new milestone by cooling to temperatures below what is achievable by standard thermoelectric (also known as Peltier) coolers.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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