remanence

American  

[rem-uh-nuhns] / ˈrɛm ə nəns /

noun

Electricity.

1. the magnetic flux that remains in a magnetic circuit after an applied magnetomotive force has been removed.

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remanence British  

/ ˈrɛmənəns /

noun

1. Also called: retentivity.  physics the ability of a material to retain magnetization, equal to the magnetic flux density of the material after the removal of the magnetizing field

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remanence Scientific  

/ rĕm′ə-nəns /

1. The magnetic flux density remaining in a material, especially a ferromagnetic material, after removal of the magnetizing field. Good permanent magnets have a high degree of remanence. Remanence is measured in teslas.

2. Also called retentivity

3. Compare coercivity

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Etymology

Origin of remanence

First recorded in 1660–70; reman(ent) + -ence

Example Sentences

I was worried about the tape’s integrity and had been reading anxiously about the myriad problems that befall aging magnetic media—binder embrittlement, remanence reduction, even fungal contamination—and the transaction was further charged by a stern warning from another source: “This information should be treated with due caution. Some of these cops, if still living, could be very dangerous.”

From Slate

The attack, which was first shown on PCs in 2008 but has never before been applied to mobile devices, takes advantage of an effect known as the “remanence,” the lingering magnetic information that remains for a few moments in a device’s memory even when a power source has been removed.

From Forbes

When, in 1436, the legates of the Council of Basle complained of the non-observance of the Compactata, one of their grievances was that Bohemia still sheltered Wickliffites who believed in the remanence of the substance of the bread, but they said nothing about the existence of any worse form of belief.

From Project Gutenberg

The Chiliast leaven doubtless spread the denial of transubstantiation; others probably adopted the Wickliffite doctrine of remanence; others again may have preserved the orthodox faith, and all resented the appellation of Pikards, with which the Bohemians designated those who disbelieved in the absolute conversion of the elements.

From Project Gutenberg

He did not deny conversion into the body and blood of Christ; they were really present in the sacrifice, but his reason refused to acknowledge transubstantiation, and he invented a theory of the remanence of the substance coexisting with the divine elements.

From Project Gutenberg