magnetic moment

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a vector quantity associated with a given electric current, magnet, or the like, having the property that its vector product with the magnetic induction equals the torque acting on the given object.

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magnetic moment British  

noun

1. short for magnetic dipole moment electromagnetic moment

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magnetic moment Scientific  

1. See magnetic dipole moment

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Etymology

Origin of magnetic moment

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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magnetic moment

This tiny deviation is known as the "anomalous magnetic moment," or g−2.

From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026

In the Kondo effect, on the other hand, the magnetic moment is neutralized by its the electron interactions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023

In 2021 the collaboration measured the muon’s magnetic moment to a precision of one part in two million.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 10, 2023

First, most anomalies, in particular the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, would affect Z decays, such as Z bosons turning into a muon and an antimatter muon.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 14, 2022

By this mode of arrangement a greater magnetic moment can be secured, together with more perfect astaticity and freedom from disturbance by external fields.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various