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ALL meanings of ferrimagnetic

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  • adjective ferrimagnetic noting 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. 1
  • noun ferrimagnetic (of a substance) displaying a weak form of ferromagnetism associated with parallel but opposite alignment of neighboring atoms. In contrast with antiferromagnetic materials, these alignments do not cancel out and there is a net magnetic moment. 1
  • adjective ferrimagnetic designating a material, as magnetite, having a weak, permanent magnetism: used in recording tape 0
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