remanence

See also: rémanence

English

Etymology

remanent (“that which remains”) +‎ -ence

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛmənəns/

Noun

remanence (countable and uncountable, plural remanences)

1. (physics) The magnetization left behind in a medium after an external magnetic field is removed.
2. (archaic) The state of being remanent; continuance; permanence.
   • 1646, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse of the Liberty of Prophesying

     remanence in their flesh

   • c. 1810, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, [no title], notes written in a copy of Taylor, Jeremy. Unum Necessarium; or the Doctrine and Practice of Repentance, 1655; republished as “Notes on Jeremy Taylor”, in Henry Nelson Coleridge, editor, Coleridge's Literary Remains, volume 3, 1838:

     Neither St. Augustine nor Calvin denied the remanence of the will in the fallen spirit; but they, and Luther as well as they, objected to the flattering epithet 'free' will.

Synonyms

• (continuance, permanence): remanency; see also Thesaurus:permanence