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Definition of Magnetic field

1. Noun. The lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle.

Definition of Magnetic field

1. Noun. (physics) a condition in the space around a magnet or electric current in which there is a detectable magnetic force and two magnetic poles are present ¹

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Medical Definition of Magnetic field

1. The sphere of influence of a magnet. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetic Field

Literary usage of Magnetic field

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plasma Physics Of The Local Cosmos by National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Solar and Space Physics (2004)
"magnetic field CREATION: DYNAMO THEORY Many astrophysical bodies, including galaxies, stars, and planets, have an internally generated magnetic field. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"the substance, placed in a magnetic field of strength, H, then we have the relation existing between these quantities given by the equation B ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"This is due to the fact that as the primary current increases or decreases, its own embracing magnetic field alters, and lines of magnetic force arc added ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"In an article by Nichols and Franklin* it was shown that the passive state of iron in nitric acid may be destroyed by placing the iron in a magnetic field ..."

5. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"magnetic field. — The space surrounding a magnetic pole or a current of electricity in which magnetic forces act is called a magnetic field. ..."

6. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"We have already shewn, in Art. 410, that the potential • nergy of a shell of strength $ placed in a magnetic field whose potential is V, is where I, m, ..."

7. The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism by James Hopwood Jeans (1908)
"THE magnetic field PRODUCED BY ELECTRIC CURRENTS. Experimental Basis. 480. So far the subjects of electricity and magnetism have been developed as entirely ..."

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