MAGNETICMOMENT

Magnetic moment

The magnetic moment of a magnet is a quantity that determines the force that the magnet can exert on electric currents and the torque that a magnetic field will exert on it. A loop of electric current, a bar magnet, an electron, a molecule, and a planet all have magnetic moments.

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magnetic moment

Noun

  1. The torque exerted on a magnet within a magnetic field; a vector, being the product of the strength of the magnet and the distance between its poles.


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