MAGNETISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetisation mean? 

• MAGNETISATION (noun)
  The noun MAGNETISATION has 3 senses:

1. the extent or degree to which something is magnetized

2. the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently)

3. the physical property of being magnetic

  Familiarity information: MAGNETISATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The extent or degree to which something is magnetized

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

magnetisation; magnetization

Hypernyms ("magnetisation" is a kind of...):

amount; measure; quantity (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "magnetisation"):

magnetic flux (a measure of the strength of a magnetic field over a given area)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

magnetic induction; magnetisation; magnetization

Hypernyms ("magnetisation" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Derivation:

magnetise (make magnetic)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The physical property of being magnetic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

magnetisation; magnetization

Hypernyms ("magnetisation" is a kind of...):

physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)