coercivity

(kō′ər sivə tē)

noun

the magnetic intensity, usually measured in oersteds, needed to completely demagnetize a substance that has been fully magnetized

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noun
The intensity of the magnetic field needed to reduce the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material to zero after it has reached saturation.

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