magnetoelasticity

[mag-nee-toh-i-la-stis-i-tee, -ee-la-stis-]

noun Physics.

the phenomenon, consisting of a change in magnetic properties, exhibited by a ferromagnetic material to which stress is applied.

Compare magnetostriction.

Origin of magnetoelasticity

magneto- + elasticity

Related formsmag·ne·to·e·las·tic, adjective

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