CURIE TEMPERATURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Curie temperature mean? 

• CURIE TEMPERATURE (noun)
  The noun CURIE TEMPERATURE has 1 sense:

1. the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic

  Familiarity information: CURIE TEMPERATURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CURIE TEMPERATURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

Curie point; Curie temperature

Hypernyms ("Curie temperature" is a kind of...):

temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))

 Context examples 

The light actuated materials created in this study are based on the principle of the Curie temperature—the temperature above which certain materials will change their magnetic properties.

(New Materials Developed by Scientists Able to Move in Response to Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)