photomagnetism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The branch of science that deals with the relation of magnetism to light, or the effect in which a material acquires or loses its ferromagnetic properties in response to light.

Word forms

photomagnetism

Etymology

From photo- + magnetism.

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