magnetoresistance
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magnetoresistance (plural magnetoresistances)
(physics) The change of electrical resistance produced in a conductor or semiconductor on application of a magnetic field.
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Giant magnetoresistance -based hard drives already on the market fit this description, citation as do atomic layer deposition (ALD) techniques.
Animation about the magnetoresistance discovery Graphs Corbino disc.
Because of its shape the Corbino disc allows the observation of Hall effect–based magnetoresistance without the associated Hall voltage.
Anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) The resistance of a thin Permalloy film is shown here as a function of the angle of an applied external field.