Barkhausen effect
the phenomenon of short, sudden changes in the magnetism of a ferromagnetic substance occurring when the intensity of the magnetizing field is continuously altered.
noun
the phenomenon that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps, discovered by heinrich georg barkhausen (1881–1956)
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