re|ten|tiv|i|ty

re|ten|tiv|i|ty
re|ten|tiv|i|ty «REE tehn TIHV uh tee», noun.
1. the power to retain; retentiveness.
2. the capacity of a substance to retain induced magnetic force after the source of the magnetization has been removed.
3. the power of resisting magnetization.

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