Curie's law

proper noun

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.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. natural sciencesA 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.

Origin

After Pierre Curie, French physicist.

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