antiferroquadrupolar

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Etymology

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From antiferro- +‎ quadrupolar.

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antiferroquadrupolar (not comparable)

  1. (physics) antiferromagnetic and quadrupolar
    • 2015, T. U. Ito, W. Higemoto, A. Sakai, M. Tsujimoto, S. Nakatsuji, “Perturbation on Hyperfine-enhanced Pr Nuclear Spin Dynamics Associated with Antiferroquadrupolar Order in PrVAl”, in arXiv[1]:
      No explicit sign of time-reversal symmetry breaking was found below the multipolar order temperature K in a zero applied field as anticipated on the basis of the antiferroquadrupolar (AFQ) order picture proposed by Sakai and Nakatsuji [J.