Magnetic Field - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: magnetic field Page: 2magnetic levitation
The process of supporting an object such as a vehicle with a magnetic field so that it does not contact the object supporting it it is a method used for eliminating friction in moving vehicles and is used eg in high speed rail technology where a train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction...
maxwell
A cgs unit of magnetic flux abbreviated Mx it is equal to the magnetic flux passing through one sqaure centimeter which is normal to a magnetic field of one gauss...
magnetic moment
The torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in a magnetic field...
magnetic storm
A sudden disturbance of the earths magnetic field caused by emission of particles from the sun...
magnetic pole
Either of two points where the lines of force of the earths magnetic field are vertical...
magnetic bottle
Any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions...
magnetic line of force
A line of force in a magnetic field...
magnetic intensity
Same as magnetic field strength...
magnetic flux
A measure of the strength of a magnetic field over a given area...
magnetohydrodynamics
The study of the interaction of magnetic fields with electrically conductive fluids such as a plasma or a molten metal...
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