cooperative phenomenon

cooperative phenomenon

[kō′äp·rəd·iv fə′näm·ə‚nän]
(solid-state physics)
A process that involves a simultaneous collective interaction among many atoms or electrons in a crystal, such as ferromagnetism, superconductivity, and order-disorder transformations.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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