Bloch wall

noun

A narrow transition region at the boundary between magnetic domains, over which the magnetization changes from its value in one domain to that in the next.

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Meanings

nounBloch wall (plural Bloch walls)

plural Bloch walls

  1. A narrow transition region at the boundary between magnetic domains, over which the magnetization changes from its value in one domain to that in the next.

Origin

Named after the physicist Felix Bloch.

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Bloch wall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bloch%20wall

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“Bloch wall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bloch%20wall. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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