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Oersted

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Noun

1. oersted

the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole

2. hans christian oersted, oersted

Danish physicist (1777-1851)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Oersted

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noun
the cgs unit of magnetic field strength; the field strength that would cause a unit magnetic pole to experience a force of 1 dyne in a free space. It is equivalent to 79.58 amperes per metre
. Symbol: Oe

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Oersted

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noun
the basic unit of electromagnetic field strength in the CGS system, equal to a force of one dyne acting upon a unit magnetic pole in a vacuum (79.58 ampere-turns per meter)
abbrev. Oe

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Oersted

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n. Abbr. Oe
The centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic unit of magnetic field strength, equal to the magnetic intensity one centimeter from a unit magnetic pole.

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