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Noun: Zeeman  'zey`maan [N. Amer], zeemun [Brit]
  1. Dutch physicist honoured 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)
    - Pieter Zeeman

Type of: physicist

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