antiferromagnetism

== English == === Etymology === From anti- +‎ ferromagnetism or antiferro- +‎ magnetism. === Noun === antiferromagnetism (uncountable) (physics) a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism, in which magnetic domains line up in a regular pattern, but with neighbouring electron spins pointing in opposite directions; materials showing this effect are either ferrimagnetic or diamagnetic, and become paramagnetic above the Neel temperature ==== Related terms ==== antiferromagnetic ==== Translations ==== == Swedish == === Noun === antiferromagnetism c antiferromagnetism ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== antiferromagnetisk ==== See also ==== diamagnetism ferrimagnetism ferromagnetism paramagnetism