English Explanatory Dictionary

Curie's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A law which shows that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic dipole is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature; the basis of operation of magnetic thermometers.

Word forms

Curie's law

Etymology

After Pierre Curie, French physicist.

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