coercivity: Meaning and Definition of

co•er•civ•i•ty

Pronunciation: (kō"ur-siv'i-tē), [key]
— n. Elect.
  1. the magnetic intensity needed to reduce to zero the magnetic flux density of a fully magnetized magnetic specimen or to demagnetize a magnet. Also called
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