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co•er•civ•i•ty
(kō′ər siv′i tē),USA pronunciation n. [Elect.]
- Electricitythe magnetic intensity needed to reduce to zero the magnetic flux density of a fully magnetized magnetic specimen or to demagnetize a magnet. Also called coer′cive force′.
- coercive + -ity 1895–1900