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The process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently)
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magnetization
Word definitions for magnetization in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Magnetization \Mag`net*i*za"tion\, n. The act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1801, noun of action from magnetize .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In classical electromagnetism , magnetization ( magnetisation in British English) or magnetic polarization is the vector field that expresses the density of permanent or induced magnetic dipole moments in a magnetic material. The origin of the magnetic ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of magnetize, or the state of being magnetized 2 The magnitude of the magnetic strength of a magnetized object.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the extent or degree to which something is magnetized [syn: magnetisation ] the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently) [syn: magnetisation , magnetic induction ] the physical property of being magnetic [syn: magnetisation ...
Usage examples of magnetization.
The most violent convulsions may result from too complete magnetization of the brain.
The Curie law, according to which the coefficient of magnetization of a body feebly magnetized varies in inverse ratio to the absolute temperature, is a remarkably simple law.