Meanings
nounremanence (countable and uncountable, plural remanences)
plural remanences
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe magnetization left behind in a medium after an external magnetic field is removed.
- archaiccountableuncountableThe state of being remanent; continuance; permanence.
remanence in their flesh
1646, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse of the Liberty of Prophesying1 more example
Neither St. Augustine nor Calvin denied the remanence of the will in the fallen spirit; but they, and Luther as well as they, objected to the flattering epithet 'free' will.
c. 1810, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [no title], notes written in a copy of Taylor, Jeremy. Unum Necessarium; or the Doctrine and Practice of Repentance, 1655; republished as “Notes on Jeremy Taylor”, in Henry Nelson Coleridge, editor, Coleridge's Literary Remains, volume 3, 1838Synonyms: remanency
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being remanent; continuance; permanence.
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Origin
From remanent (“that which remains”) + -ence.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Turkish artık mıknatıslanma
- artık mıknatıslanmaleft-behind magnetization in a medium
Vietnamese từ dư
- từ dưleft-behind magnetization in a medium
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