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magnetoelectric

American  
[mag-nee-toh-i-lek-trik] / mægˌni toʊ ɪˈlɛk trɪk /
Also magnetoelectrical

adjective

  1. of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.


Etymology

Origin of magnetoelectric

First recorded in 1825–35; magneto- + electric

Example Sentences

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They convert energy from a magnetic field into a mechanical oscillation and subsequently into an electric current by means of an effect known as the composite magnetoelectric effect.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024

Rice University neuroengineer Jacob Robinson and his team designed the first magnetoelectric material that not only solves this issue but performs the magnetic-to-electric conversion 120 times faster than similar materials.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023

The researchers layered platinum, hafnium oxide and zinc oxide and added the stacked materials on top of the original magnetoelectric film.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023

The researchers started with a magnetoelectric material made up of a piezoelectric layer of lead zirconium titanate sandwiched between two magnetorestrictive layers of metallic glass alloys, or Metglas, which can be rapidly magnetized and demagnetized.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023

"For all other magnetoelectric materials, the relationship between the electric field and the magnetic field is linear, and what we needed was a material where that relationship was nonlinear," Robinson said.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023

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