Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Generation of electric charge on a crystal by change of temperature.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That branch of electricity which considers the production of a state of electrification in certain crystallized bodies by change of temperature alone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) Electricity developed by means of heat; the science which treats of electricity thus developed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physics The generation of
electric charge as a result of a change intemperature .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature
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Ferroelectrics exhibit a wide range of functional properties, including high and switchable electric polarization, strong piezoelectricity, high non-linear optical activity, outstanding pyroelectricity, and notable non-linear dielectric behavior.
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Ferroelectrics exhibit a wide range of functional properties, including high and switchable electric polarization, strong piezoelectricity, high non-linear optical activity, outstanding pyroelectricity, and notable non-linear dielectric behavior.
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Ferroelectrics exhibit a wide range of functional properties, including high and switchable electric polarization, strong piezoelectricity, high non-linear optical activity, outstanding pyroelectricity, and notable non-linear dielectric behavior.
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Ferroelectrics exhibit a wide range of functional properties, including high and switchable electric polarization, strong piezoelectricity, high non-linear optical activity, outstanding pyroelectricity, and notable non-linear dielectric behavior.
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