ferroelectricity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.

Old Latin *fersom

Latin ferrum

English ferro-

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.

Latin ēlectrum

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

New Latin ēlectricusbor.

English electric

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itāsder.

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English electricity

English ferroelectricity

From ferro- + electricity.

Noun

ferroelectricity (uncountable)

1. (physics) The electric polarization of a substance (spontaneous presence of a dipole moment) that is analogous to ferromagnetism

Derived terms

• antiferroelectricity
• magnetoferroelectricity

Related terms

• ferroelectric

Translations

electric polarization

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵電性 / 铁电性 (zh) (tiědiànxìng)

  Wu: 鐵電性 / 铁电性

• German: Ferroelektrizität f
• Italian: ferroelettricità (it) f
• Marathi: लोहविद्युत f (lohvidyut)
• Spanish: ferroelectricidad f