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coercive force

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co⋅er⋅civ⋅i⋅ty

[koh-er-siv-i-tee]
–noun Electricity.
the magnetic intensity needed to reduce to zero the magnetic flux density of a fully magnetized magnetic specimen or to demagnetize a magnet.
Also called coercive force.


Origin:
1895–1900; coercive + -ity
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