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Barkhausen effect

[ bahrk-hou-zuhn, bahr-kou- ]

noun

, Physics.
  1. the phenomenon of short, sudden changes in the magnetism of a ferromagnetic substance occurring when the intensity of the magnetizing field is continuously altered.


Barkhausen effect

/ ˈbarkhaʊzən /

noun

  1. the phenomenon that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps, discovered by Heinrich Georg Barkhausen (1881–1956)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Barkhausen effect1

1955–60; named after H. Barkhausen (1881–1956), German physicist

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