electromagnetic moment

noun

1. m. Also called: magnetic moment. a measure of the magnetic strength of a magnet or current-carrying coil, expressed as the torque produced when the magnet or coil is set with its axis perpendicular to unit magnetic flux density. It is measured in ampere metres squared Compare magnetic dipole moment

Example Sentences

It predicts the electromagnetic moment of the electron to 12 decimal places, for example, and it has verified hundreds of complex measurements made by experimental physicists over decades.

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