the production of a potential difference across a conductor carrying an electric current when a magnetic field is applied in a direction perpendicular to that of the current flow
Word origin
named after Edwin Herbert Hall (1855–1938), American physicist who discovered it
Hall effect in American English
noun
Physics & Electricity
the electromotive force generated in a strip of metal longitudinally conducting an electric current and subjected to a magnetic field normal to its major surface
Word origin
[1900–05; named after Edwin H. Hall (1855–1938), American physicist who discovered it]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cathode-ray tube, clone, geopolitics, hookup, hydroplane