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Barkhausen effect

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Bark⋅hau⋅sen effect

[bahrk-hou-zuhn, bahr-kou-]
–noun Physics.
the phenomenon of short, sudden changes in the magnetism of a ferromagnetic substance occurring when the intensity of the magnetizing field is continuously altered.

Origin:
1955–60; named after H. Barkhausen (1881–1956), German physicist
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