“Le Duc”

The following 5 entries include the term Le Duc.

bar-le-duc

noun, often capitalized

: a preserve of whole white currants from which the seeds have been removed

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Leduc effect

noun

: righi-leduc effect

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Righi-Leduc effect

noun

: a transverse temperature gradient observed in a metal when the metal is in a magnetic field whose lines of force are perpendicular to the heat flux

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