CURIE TEMPERATURE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic

Synonyms:

Curie point; Curie temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("Curie temperature" is a kind of...):

temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))

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