Curie point

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Curie point (plural Curie points)

  1. (electromagnetism, physical chemistry) Curie temperature.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 143:
      When the lavas cooled they would pass through the Curie point, and their magnetic minerals would become magnetised.