magnetocaloric effect

[mag-nee-toh-kuh-lawr-ik, -lor-]

mag·ne·to·cal·or·ic effect

[mag-nee-toh-kuh-lawr-ik, -lor-]
noun Physics.
an increase or decrease of the temperature of a thermally isolated magnetic substance accompanying an increase or decrease in the intensity of a magnetic field.

Origin:
1920–25; magneto- + caloric
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Magnetocaloric effect is always a great word to know.
So is acceleration of gravity. Does it mean:
the magnitude of an electric field at a point equal to the force that would be exerted on a small unit charge placed at the point
the acceleration of a falling body in the earth's gravitational field, inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the body to the center of the earth
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