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fer•ri•mag•net•ic
(fer′ī mag net′ik, fer′ē-),USA pronunciation adj. [Physics.]
- Physicsnoting or pertaining to a substance, as a ferrite, in which the magnetic moments of some neighboring atoms point in opposite directions, with a net magnetization still resulting because of differences in magnitudes of the opposite moments. Cf. antiferromagnetic, diamagnetic, ferromagnetic.
- 1950–55; ferri- + magnetic; compare French ferrimagnétisme
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