noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being coercive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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coercivity
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noun
Meaning 2
The intensity of the magnetic field which must be applied in order to reduce the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material to zero after the magnetization of the sample has been driven to saturation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: materials science
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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History
Etymology
From coercive + -ity.