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archæomagnetism

archæomagnetism is the rare spelling of archaeomagnetism.

Meaning of archaeomagnetism

Noun

archaeomagnetism (uncountable)

  1. The magnetism of the Earth in the geologic past; the study and measurement of this magnetism in order to date a specimen with iron.
  2. The magnetism induced by the Earth's magnetic field in magnetizable matter after heating to the Curie temperature; directional magnetism, thermoremanent magnetism.

Questions about archæomagnetism

What is archæomagnetism the rare spelling of?
Archæomagnetism is the rare spelling of archaeomagnetism.

Words near archæomagnetism in the dictionary

  1. archæologist
  2. archæologists
  3. archæologue
  4. archæologues
  5. archæology
  6. archæomagnetism
  7. archæophyte
  8. archæophytes
  9. archæopteryges
  10. archæopteryx
  11. Archæozoic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: archæomagnetism (page history and authors); archaeomagnetism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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