- magnetoelasticity
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—magnetoelastic, adj./mag nee'toh i la stis"i tee, -ee'la stis"-/, n. Physics.the phenomenon, consisting of a change in magnetic properties, exhibited by a ferromagnetic material to which stress is applied. Cf. magnetostriction.[MAGNETO- + ELASTICITY]
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Universalium. 2010.