Ferrimagnetic resonance line width in slowly cooled and quenched samples of polycrystalline NiFe
2O
4has been measured in the 

 band in the range 4.2 to 373°K. Results confirm that the porosity contribution to the line width is best described by the relation 
![\\Delta H_{p} = [K.4 \\pi M/(V/\\upsilon ) + 1)]](/images/tex/8164.gif)
 with 

 , though this overestimates 

 in certain cases. The anisotropy contribution to the line width according to Schlömann is 

 , with 

 when 

 M. But our results show that 

 depends upon the sign of K
1. For 

 and for 

 in range 

 Oe. For very low values of 

 , 

 deviates very much from 2, and particularly so for 

 . The effect of K
2is shown to be negligible. Hence the result is interpreted in terms of an effective anisotropy field which takes into account the magnetoelastic energy as well.