Definition of "remanence" [rem•a•nence]

• The magnetic induction that remains in a material after removal of the magnetizing field. (noun)

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• "I do not wish to call your attention here to the disproportion of the sentence but to its remanence and to the astonishment if not downright indignation this situation provokes in all who cherish the United States because they cherish liberty."
• "On a hot summer day I came looking for water in a place where no water exists, the way dowsers do when they search for trapped, underground places, seeking out the ghost of water, its remanence."
• "It is possible to lose the permanent magnetic field (remanence of the iron), which disables the machine from self-starting."