Curie's law


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

Origin of Curie's law

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Named after Pierre Curie

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British Dictionary definitions for Curie's law

Curie's law

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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