MAGNETIC FIELD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic field mean? 

• MAGNETIC FIELD (noun)
  The noun MAGNETIC FIELD has 1 sense:

1. the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle

  Familiarity information: MAGNETIC FIELD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETIC FIELD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

flux; magnetic field; magnetic flux

Hypernyms ("magnetic field" is a kind of...):

field; field of force; force field (the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "magnetic field"):

magnetosphere (the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field)

solar magnetic field (the magnetic field of the sun)

 Context examples 

They say its strong magnetic field likely led to its being detected by a large radio-telescope in New Mexico known as the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA).

(Astronomers Discover New Planet Not Orbiting Any Star, VOA)

Unlike Earth, Mars does not have a global magnetic field that envelops the entire planet.

(Auroras on Mars, NASA)

A physical phenomenon involving the interaction of atomic nuclei placed in an external magnetic field with an applied electromagnetic field oscillating at a particular frequency.

(Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, NCI Thesaurus)

The relaxation rate of the net nuclear spin polarization in the direction of the magnetic field of a spectrometer back to its equilibrium value.

(Longitudinal Relaxation Rate, NCI Thesaurus)

Electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) are areas of energy that surround electrical devices.

(Electromagnetic Fields, NIH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

In magnetic resonance imaging, the rotation of the average axis of the protons, relative to the main magnetic field direction, induced by radiofrequency signals.

(Flip Angle, NCI Thesaurus)

The signal from the fast radio burst exposed the nature of the magnetic field around the galaxy and the structure of the halo gas.

(Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil ​halo, ESO)

And there it was on Europa — a brief, localized bend in the magnetic field that had never been explained.

(Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes, NASA)

The time it takes for the net nuclear spin in the plane that is parallel to the magnetic field of a spectrometer to return to its equilibrium value.

(Longitudinal Relaxation Time, NCI Thesaurus)

Problems due to excessive torque created by the application of magnetic fields.

(Device Magnetically Induced Torque Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)