thermoremanent magnetization

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thermoremanent magnetization (countable and uncountable, plural thermoremanent magnetizations)

  1. The magnetization of an igneous rock that was acquired at the time it cooled from the molten state; it provides information on the Earth's magnetic field at that time.
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