thermomagnetic

[ thur-moh-mag-net-ik ]

adjective

, Physics.

1. of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
2. of or relating to the effect of a magnetic field on a conductor of heat.

thermomagnetic

/ ˌθɜːməʊmæɡˈnɛtɪk /

adjective

1. of or concerned with the relationship between heat and magnetism, esp the change in temperature of a body when it is magnetized or demagnetized Former termpyromagnetic

Word History and Origins

Origin of thermomagnetic¹

First recorded in 1815–25; thermo- + magnetic

Example Sentences

The discussion as to the relation of the adiabatic and isothermal moduli of elasticity is part of a very important paper on "Thermoelastic, Thermomagnetic, and Thermoelectric Properties of Matter," which he published in the Philosophical Magazine for January 1878.

From Project Gutenberg

There are treatises written from a more general standpoint, which deal with complex problems of chemical and physical change of means of thermodynamic potentials, and processes which are not to be found set forth in this volume of papers; but even these are to a great extent an outcome of his "Thermoelastic, Thermomagnetic and Thermoelectric Properties of Matter."

From Project Gutenberg

Only thermoelasticity was considered in this article; the thermomagnetic results had, however, been indicated in an article on "Thermomagnetism" in the second edition of the Cyclopædia of Physical Science, edited and in great part written by Professor J. P. Nichol, and published in 1860.

From Project Gutenberg

The coming year will see Guggenheim Fellows at Mazelspoort, South Africa, photographing the southern sky; in Mexico and Costa Rica studying Central American reptiles and amphibians; in France composing symphonies, writing verse, studying theatre; in Italy painting and sculpting; in Sumatra studying primitive religion; in Cambridge, England; Charlottenburg, Munich, Berlin, Tubingen, Gottingen, Germany; studying theories of radiation, thermomagnetic properties of gaseous molecules, quantum mechanics in relation to band spectra.

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