Oersted

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Noun

1
The CGS unit of magnetizing field (symbol Oe), defined as 1000/4π (≈79.5774715) amperes per meter of flux path.
2
the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole wordnet

Synonyms

hans christian oersted

Etymology

After Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted.

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