field of force

British

noun

the region of space surrounding a body, such as a charged particle or a magnet, within which it can exert a force on another similar body not in contact with it See also electric field magnetic field gravitational field

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I was now within the field of force of his golden eyes.

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The pole pieces B B' are wound and connected to produce a field of force of given polarity, and the pole pieces C C' are wound so as to produce a field of opposite polarity.

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The acting bodies were thus replaced by the field of force they produced.

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What compass could be expected to point to the Magnetic North for one moment in such a field of force?

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His method was to subject a fine beam to the action of two fields of force, one magnetic, the other electric, and both perpendicular to the line of motion and also to each other.

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