antiferromagnetic
adjective
antiferromagnetic is an adjective meaning “Exhibiting antiferromagnetism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-F-E-R-R-O-M-A-G-N-E-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does antiferromagnetic mean?
adjective
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Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is antiferromagnetic?
Antiferromagnetic appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate antiferromagnetic?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of antiferromagnetic: AF, AFM.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Antiferromagnetic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense exhibiting antiferromagnetism:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | antiferromagnetisch |
| Portuguese | antiferromagnético |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does antiferromagnetic come from?
From anti- + ferromagnetic or antiferro- + magnetic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).