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Villari effect

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[vi-lahr-ee] / vɪˈlɑr i /

noun

Physics.

  1. the change in magnetic induction that takes place in certain substances when subjected to longitudinal stress.

Etymology

Origin of Villari effect

Named after E. Villari, 19th-century Italian physicist

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