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Curie's law

noun

, Physics.
  1. the law that the susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its absolute temperature.

Curie's law

noun

  1. See Curie-Weiss law
    the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature See also Curie-Weiss law

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Origin of Curie's law1

Named after Pierre Curie

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