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Curie's law

American  

noun

Physics.

  1. the law that the susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its absolute temperature.

Curie's law British  

noun

  1. the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature See also Curie-Weiss law

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Etymology

Origin of Curie's law

Named after Pierre Curie

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