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antiferromagnetism en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + ferromagnetism or antiferro- + magnetism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism, in which magnetic domains line up in a regular pattern, but with neighbouring electron spins pointing in opposite directions; materials showing this effect are either ferrimagnetic or diamagnetic, and become paramagnetic above the Néel temperature.

Relateds

antiferromagnetic

Translations (9)

fr antiferromagnétisme (a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism) · de Antiferromagnetismus (a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism) · it antiferromagnetismo (a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism) · pl antyferromagnetyzm (a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism) · nl antiferromagnetisme (a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism) · pt antiferromagnetismo (a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism) · sv antiferromagnetism (a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism) · ro antiferomagnetism (a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism) · fi antiferromagnetismi (a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism)