antiferromagnetic domain

antiferromagnetic domain

[¦an·tē‚fer·ō‚mag′ned·ik dō′mān]
(solid-state physics)
A region in a solid within which equal groups of elementary atomic or molecular magnetic moments are aligned antiparallel.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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