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Definition of Magneton
1. Noun. A unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle.
Definition of Magneton
1. Noun. (physics) any of several units of magnetic moment of an atom, molecule or subatomic particle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Magneton
1. a unit of magnetic moment [n -S]
Medical Definition of Magneton
1. A unit of measurement of the magnetic moment of a particle (e.g., atom or subatomic particle). Bohr magneton, a constant in the equation relating the difference in energies between parallel and antiparallel spin alignments of electrons in a magnetic field; the net magnetic moment of one unpaired electron; used in electron spin resonance spectrometry for detection and estimation of free radicals. Synonym: electron magneton. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Magneton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Physical Chemistry by William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis, James Rice (1919)
"... Bohr atom-model—Parson's magneton and the structure of the atom—High frequency
spectra of the elements—Moseley's relation. The Rutherford Atom-model. ..."
2. The New Science of the Fundamental Physics by William Walker Strong (1918)
"Ritz has developed a theory of the constitution of the atom that explains the
series distribution of spectrum lines based on a> magneton (Bauer). ..."
3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"W. could offer no explanation for the fact that his magneton was 18.5 X io~" while
... He also was troubled about the fractional values for the magneton. ..."
4. Recent Developments in Electro-magnetism by Eugène Bloch (1914)
"The actual existence of the magneton has been demonstrated in the atoms of iron,
... We may therefore think of adding the magneton to the other known ..."
5. Bulletin by National Research Council (U.S.) (1922)
"II THE magneton Since, as mentioned above, the assumption of motions of free
electrons in independent orbits is incompetent to lead to a satisfactory ..."
6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"As the numbers here relate to the gram-atom, 1123.5 will be the magneton-gram.
By dividing by the number of Avogadro 68.5X10", we obtain the magneton itself ..."
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