retentivity

[ ree-ten-tiv-i-tee ]

noun

1. the power to retain; retentiveness.
2. Electricity. remanence.
3. Magnetism. the ability to retain magnetization after the removal of the magnetizing force.

retentivity

/ ˌriːtɛnˈtɪvɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state or quality of being retentive
2. physics another name for remanence

retentivity

/ rē′tĕn-tĭv′ĭ-tē /

1. See remanence

Word History and Origins

Origin of retentivity¹

First recorded in 1880–85; retentive + -ity

Example Sentences

If required for permanent magnet making, it should have the highest possible coercivity combined with a high retentivity.

From Project Gutenberg

The professor himself often comes to class armed with notes, but he persists in setting up, as a test of the growth of his students, their retentivity of the facts he gave from these very notes.

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Mars is an older world than ours, and although it receives only one-half as much heat from the sun yet it is almost of the same temperature, owing to a peculiar condition of the atmosphere which we would call "heat retentivity."

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