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Curie's law

Curie's law proper noun: a law which shows that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic dipole is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature; the basis of operation of magnetic thermometers.

Proper noun

Curie's law

  1. A law which shows that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic dipole is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature; the basis of operation of magnetic thermometers.

Origin of Curie's law

After Pierre Curie, French physicist.

Questions about Curie's law

What does Curie's law mean?
Curie's law means a law which shows that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic dipole is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature; the basis of operation of magnetic thermometers.
What part of speech is Curie's law?
Curie's law is a proper noun.

Words near Curie's law in the dictionary

  1. curie
  2. Curie point
  3. Curie points
  4. Curie temperature
  5. Curie temperatures
  6. Curie's law
  7. Curie-Weiss law
  8. curienite
  9. curies
  10. curiet
  11. curietherapy

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