magnetization
Americannoun
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the process of magnetizing or the state of being magnetized.
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Electricity. the magnetic moment per unit volume induced by any external magnetic field: measured in amperes per meter. M
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Like antiferromagnets, altermagnets have magnetic moments that cancel out, resulting in no net magnetization.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
In conventional antiferromagnets, opposing magnetic moments cancel one another, leaving no overall magnetization and producing electronic behavior very different from that of ferromagnets.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
If those minerals survived for billions of years and eventually reached Earth, their "remanent magnetization" could provide evidence that magnetism existed in the young solar system and influenced its development.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
Magnons are tiny waves of magnetization that move through magnetic solids.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
The availability of the energy of magnetization is limited by the coercive force of the magnetized material, in virtue of which any change in the intensity of magnetization is accompanied by the production of heat.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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