Bloch wall

noun

ˈbläk-,

ˈblȯḵ-

: the boundary between two domains in a magnetic material marked by a layer wherein the direction of magnetization is assumed to change gradually from one domain to the other

Word History

Etymology

after Felix Bloch, born 1905 Swiss-American physicist

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