Dictionary  fer•ro•mag•net•icPronunciation: (fer"ō-mag-net'ik), [key] —adj. Physics. noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned. Cf. antiferromagnetic, diamagnetic, ferrimagnetic, paramagnetic. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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