coercivity
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
coercivity (countable and uncountable, plural coercivities)
- (uncountable) The quality of being coercive.
- (physics, materials science) The intensity of the magnetic field which must be applied in order to reduce the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material to zero after the magnetization of the sample has been driven to saturation.
Synonyms edit
- (quality of being coercive): coerciveness
See also edit
- coercivity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia