Debot effect

noun

De·​bot effect

dəˈbō-

: a manifestation of the Herschel effect in which the internal latent image is converted into a surface latent image by the action of red or infrared radiation

Word History

Etymology

after R. Debot, 20th century Belgian scientist

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