magnetoresistance
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of magnetoresistance
First recorded in 1925–30; magneto- + resistance
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This reanalysis showed that many influential experimental results once attributed to spin Hall magnetoresistance or other spin-current-related, or even unrelated, mechanisms can be consistently explained using the two-vector MR framework.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 10, 2026
He discovered giant magnetoresistance, or GMR: a large change in electrical resistance induced by a small magnetic field in stacks of ultrathin magnetic and non-magnetic layers.
From Nature ● May 23, 2018
Fert, of the University of Paris South, was credited with developing the term giant magnetoresistance, a coinage that recognized how much more powerful an effect the layer technique had on currents.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2018
IBM researchers pioneered the use of giant magnetoresistance to boost hard disk capacity, but soon lost the disk drive business to Seagate and Western Digital.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 12, 2015
Today, most hard drive readout devices do not work on the principle of induction, but use a technique known as giant magnetoresistance.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
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