Definition of "ferroelectric" [ferroelectric]

• Of or relating to a crystalline dielectric that can be given a permanent electric polarization by application of an electric field. (adjective)
• A ferroelectric substance. (noun)

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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."
• "Less commonly, an electric order can exist at the macroscopic scale; such is the case with what are known as ferroelectric compounds."
• "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."