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Etymology

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From ferri- +‎ electricity.

Noun

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ferrielectricity (uncountable)

  1. electricity in a ferrielectric material
    • 2016, James F. Scott, Finlay D. Morrison, Rebecca Clulow, Philip Lightfoot, Aurora Gherson, Sylvia C. Capelli, Michael R. Probert, S. Sahoo, James S. Young, Ram S. Katiyar, “Ferrielectricity in an Organic Ferroelectric”, in arXiv[1]:
      We report ferrielectricity in a single-phase crystal, TSCC -- tris-sarcosine calcium chloride [(CH3NHCH2COOH)3CaCl2].