antiferromagnetism

British  

/ ˌæntɪˌfɛrəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm /

noun

1. physics the phenomenon exhibited by substances that resemble paramagnetic substances in the value of their relative permeability but that behave like ferromagnetic substances when their temperature is varied See also ferrimagnetism

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Example Sentences

Wilson continued, "If those magnetic moments interact in a way that wants them to point antiparallel to one another, we call that antiferromagnetism."

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

With ferromagnetism understood as deriving from the alignment of the individual magnetic moments of atoms in a crystal, Dr. Anderson provided a quantum explanation for what had been the perplexing property of antiferromagnetism.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2020

In contrast, Anderson expounded the concept of emergence, which stated that as any system grew larger, new phenomena—such as antiferromagnetism and superconductivity—could emerge that could not be predicted from the fundamental interactions.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 30, 2020

The key feature of the antiferromagnetism in manganese bismuth telluride is that it can retain a modified version of time-reversal symmetry.

From Nature • Dec. 17, 2019

The existence of this phenomenon, antiferromagnetism, was subsequently confirmed in such substances as manganese salts.

From Time Magazine Archive