Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a crystalline dielectric that can be given a permanent electric polarization by application of an electric field.
- noun A ferroelectric substance.
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- adjective physics of, or relating to the
permanent electrical polarization of acrystalline dielectric in anelectric field - noun A ferroelectric material
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Examples
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Ramtron pioneered the integration of ferroelectric materials into semiconductor products that enabled a new class of nonvolatile memory, called ferroelectric random access memory, or F-RAM.
unknown title 2011
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Less commonly, an electric order can exist at the macroscopic scale; such is the case with what are known as ferroelectric compounds.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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Less commonly, an electric order can exist at the macroscopic scale; such is the case with what are known as ferroelectric compounds.
unknown title 2009
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Less commonly, an electric order can exist at the macroscopic scale; such is the case with what are known as ferroelectric compounds.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Less commonly, an electric order can exist at the macroscopic scale; such is the case with what are known as ferroelectric compounds.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Less commonly, an electric order can exist at the macroscopic scale; such is the case with what are known as ferroelectric compounds.
unknown title 2009
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A saffron-coloured crystal could provide a step towards greener electronics. computer memory store information using metals that are ferroelectric, meaning they form positive and negative poles when placed in an electric field.
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Newswise - Scientists at Tohoku University in Japan have recorded data at a density of 4 trillion bits per square inch, which is a world record for the experimental "ferroelectric" data storage method.
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Scientists in Japan have recorded data at a density of 4 trillion bits per square inch, a world record for the experimental "ferroelectric" data storage method.
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A saffron-coloured crystal could provide a step towards greener electronics. computer memory store information using metals that are ferroelectric, meaning they form positive and negative poles when placed in an electric field.
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