antiferroelectric
adjective
an·ti·fer·ro·elec·tric
¦an-ˌtī-ˌfer-ō-i-¦lek-trik 
¦an-tē-
physics, of a substance
: having ordered sets of electric dipoles with alternating orientations
According to recent theoretical interpretations, one of these transitions involves a breaking of electronic symmetry in the proton pairs, a state of spontaneous polarization akin to that in an antiferroelectric material.—
Russell J. Hemley et al., Physics Today, August 1998
compare ferroelectric
Russell J. Hemley et al., Physics Today, August 1998
antiferroelectric
noun
plural antiferroelectrics
Antiferroelectrics show a characteristic phase transition with temperature with dielectric anomaly similar to that observed in ferroelectrics.
—Dinker B. Sirdeshmukh et al., Atomistic Properties of Solids, 2011
Dinker B. Sirdeshmukh et al., Atomistic Properties of Solids, 2011
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