thermoremanent

thermoremanent
adjective Date: 1951 being or relating to magnetic remanence (as in a rock cooled from a molten state or in a baked clay object containing magnetic minerals) that indicates the strength and direction of the earth's magnetic field at a former time • thermoremanence noun

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