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Definition of Magnetic force
1. Noun. Attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force.
Generic synonyms: Attraction, Attractive Force
Specialized synonyms: Electromagnetism, Antiferromagnetism, Diamagnetism, Ferromagnetism, Paramagnetism
Attributes: Attractive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetic Force
Literary usage of Magnetic force
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"Since the magnetic force, as defined in Art. 398, is that due to the ...
parallel to the direction of magnetization the force u the magnetic force Jp; ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Since, flo long as the magnetic force considered is not due to S itself, there
is none of tho magnetism to which V is due on S, we may write — a, — o, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"This law. together with that of Laplace already mentioned, viz. that the magnetic
force due to an element of length dS of a current I at a distance r, ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"magnetic force and Electric Currents.—In the case of every circuit conveying a
current there is a certain magnetic force (see MAGNETISM) at external points ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"the surface integral of magnetic induction, or the number of lines of magnetic
force which pass through the circuit), we may write M--ÍN (4). ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Take, then, a small circuit PQK perpendicular to tba Una of magnetic induction (magnetic
force) near PQ, in fid a way that the direction of the current in ..."