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remanence

/ˈɹɛmənəns/

remanence noun: the magnetization left behind in a medium after an external magnetic field is removed.

Noun

remanence (countable and uncountable, plural remanences)

  1. The magnetization left behind in a medium after an external magnetic field is removed.
  2. (archaic) The state of being remanent; continuance; permanence.
    • remanence in their flesh1646, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse of the Liberty of Prophesying
    • Neither St. Augustine nor Calvin denied the remanence of the will in the fallen spirit; but they, and Luther as well as they, objected to the flattering epithet 'free' will.c. 1810, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [no title], notes written in a copy of Taylor, Jeremy. Unum Necessarium; or the Doctrine and Practice of Repentance, 1655; republished as “Notes on Jeremy Taylor”...
    Synonyms:
    remanency

remanence meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Vietnamese

remanence in Tamil

மீந்த காந்தம்

remanence in Malayalam

അവശിഷ്ടം, അവശേഷിക്കുന്ന, മിച്ചമുള്ള

remanence in Vietnamese

left-behind magnetization in a medium
từ dư

Synonyms of remanence

Forms of remanence

pluralremanences

Origin of remanence

From remanent (“that which remains”) + -ence.

Words formed from remanence

Questions about remanence

What does remanence mean?
Remanence means the magnetization left behind in a medium after an external magnetic field is removed.
What is remanence in Tamil?
Remanence in Tamil is மீந்த காந்தம். See Remanence meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is remanence?
Remanence is a noun.
How do you pronounce remanence?
Remanence is pronounced /ˈɹɛmənəns/.
What is the plural of remanence?
The plural of remanence is remanences.

Words near remanence in the dictionary

  1. remandeth
  2. remanding
  3. remandment
  4. remandments
  5. remands
  6. remanence
  7. remanences
  8. remanencies
  9. remanency
  10. remanent
  11. remanents

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Adapted from Wiktionary: remanence (page history and authors); remanence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); remanence (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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