antiferromagnetism

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ ferromagnetism or antiferro- +‎ magnetism

Noun

antiferromagnetism (uncountable)

1. (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

Related terms

• antiferromagnetic

Translations

a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism

• Dutch: antiferromagnetisme
• Finnish: antiferromagnetismi
• French: antiferromagnétisme m
• Italian: antiferromagnetismo (it) m
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• Polish: antyferromagnetyzm m
• Portuguese: antiferromagnetismo m
• Romanian: antiferomagnetism n
• Swedish: antiferromagnetism c

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Swedish

Noun

antiferromagnetism c

1. antiferromagnetism

Declension

Declension of antiferromagnetism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	antiferromagnetism	antiferromagnetismen	—	—
Genitive	antiferromagnetisms	antiferromagnetismens	—	—

Related terms

• antiferromagnetisk

See also

• diamagnetism
• ferrimagnetism
• ferromagnetism
• paramagnetism