PELTIER EFFECT Pel`tier" ef*fect". [After Jean C. A. Peltier, French physicist, the discoverer.] (Elec.)
Defn: The production or absorption of heat at the junction of two metals on the passage of a current. Heat generated by the passage of the current in one direction will be absorbed if the current is reversed.
PELTIER'S CROSS
Pel`tier's" cross. (Elec.)
Defn: A cross formed of two strips of different metals, to illustrate the Peltier effect.
PELTIFORM
Pel"ti*form, a. Etym: [Pelta + -form.]
Defn: Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate. Henslow.
PELTING
Pel"ting, a.
Defn: Mean; paltry. [Obs.] Shak.
PELTON WHEEL
Pel"ton wheel. (Mech.)
Defn: A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, consisting of a row of double cup-shaped buckets arranged round the rim of a wheel and actuated by one or more jets of water playing into the cups at high velocity.