antiferromagnetism
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English
Etymology
From anti- + ferromagnetism or antiferro- + magnetism.
Noun
antiferromagnetism (uncountable)
- (physics) 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 Neel temperature
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Translations
a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism
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Swedish
Noun
antiferromagnetism c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
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| singular | indefinite | antiferromagnetism | antiferromagnetisms |
| definite | antiferromagnetismen | antiferromagnetismens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |