magnetoresistance
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of magnetoresistance
First recorded in 1925–30; magneto- + resistance
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Buoyed by this success, Prof Hussey resurrected Xu and Wakeham's magnetoresistance data and showed them to Dr Chudzinski.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2023
For me, it was also the revelation of a nanostructure in which I could test some of my own ideas about magnetoresistance.
From Nature ● May 23, 2018
“It is no exaggeration to say that Peter Gruenberg and his discovery of giant magnetoresistance have dramatically changed all our lives,” the research center in Juelich said in a statement.
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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