permanent magnetism
- a word derived from permanent magnet.
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Figure 22.13 An electromagnet induces regions of permanent magnetism on a floppy disk coated with a ferromagnetic material.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
In all the preceding experiments the bodies brought in presence were both in motion and the phenomena were analogous to those of permanent magnetism.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 by Various
In a new ship the permanent magnetism slowly alters, and so the semicircular correction has to be improved from time to time by changing the magnets.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew
He calculated the directions of these, and, along about 1875, perceived the possibility of reproducing the effects of permanent magnetism.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 by Various
As long as the current continued to flow in its circular course, so long would there be those conditions which would give rise to permanent magnetism.
From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George
