LORENTZ FORCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lorentz force mean? 

• LORENTZ FORCE (noun)
  The noun LORENTZ FORCE has 1 sense:

1. the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field

  Familiarity information: LORENTZ FORCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LORENTZ FORCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Context example:

the Lorentz force can be used to suspend a current-carrying object between two magnets

Hypernyms ("Lorentz force" is a kind of...):

force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)