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FERROELECTRICITY [1 record]

Record 1 1999-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dielectric Materials (Electronics)
DEF

That property by which a crystal possesses a reversible electric polarization, as shown by a dielectric hysteresis loop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux diélectriques (Électronique)
DEF

Propriété qu'a un cristal de présenter une polarisation électrique réversible, tel que le démontre le cycle d'hystérésis diélectrique.

DEF

Existence, dans certains cristaux, d'une polarisation électrique spontanée et permanente, réversible sous l'action d'un champ électrique extérieur.

Key term(s)
  • effet ferroélectrique

Spanish

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