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Zeeman

zee·man

US/ˈzimʌn/ uncommon

noun

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)

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From Dutch, meaning seaman.

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