Barkhausen
noun
Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
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consisting of, containing, or covered with bark. resembling bark. Historical Examples All is clear ahead, for if any of those ugly seas were to break on board, it might play havoc with the barky. Sunshine Bill W H G Kingston
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a borough of Greater London, England. the abrupt, harsh, explosive cry of a dog. a similar sound made by another animal, as a fox. a short, explosive sound, as of firearms: the bark of a revolver. a brusque order, reply, etc.: The foreman’s bark sent the idlers back to their machines. a cough. (of a […]
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a robber frog, Hylactophryne augusti, of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico, having a call like a dog’s bark.