ferromagnetic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.

Old Latin *fersom

Latin ferrum

English ferro-

Old French magnetebor.

Pre-Greekbor.?

Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs)

Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor.

Latin magnēsbor.

Middle English magnete

English magnet

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English magnetic

English ferromagnetic

From ferro- + magnetic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ferromagnetic (comparative more ferromagnetic, superlative most ferromagnetic)

1. (physics) Exhibiting ferromagnetism.

Derived terms

• antiferromagnetic
• ferromagnet
• ferromagnetically
• nonferromagnetic
• superferromagnetic

Related terms

• ferrimagnetic
• ferromagnetism
• diamagnetic
• paramagnetic

Translations

exhibiting ferromagnetism

• Basque: ferromagnetiko
• Catalan: ferromagnètic
• Dutch: ferromagnetisch (nl)
• French: ferromagnétique (fr)
• German: ferromagnetisch
• Greek: σιδηρομαγνητικός (sidiromagnitikós)
• Italian: ferromagnetico (it)
• Polish: ferromagnetyczny m
• Romanian: feromagnetic (ro)
• Spanish: ferromagnético (es)

See also

• hard
• soft
• coercivity
• permeability