Larmor precession
[lahr-mawr]
noun Physics.
the precession of charged particles, as electrons, placed in a magnetic field, the frequency of the precession (Larmor frequency) being equal to the electronic charge times the strength of the magnetic field divided by 4π times the mass.
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Origin of Larmor precession
1925–30; named after Sir Joseph Larmor (1857–1942), English mathematician
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Larmor precession
noun
Word Origin for Larmor precession
C20: named after Sir Joseph Larmor (1857–1942), British physicist
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