magnetic constant

British

noun

M0. Also called: absolute permeability. the permeability of free space, which has the value 4π × 10 ^–7 henry per metre

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Throughout, the character was a magnetic constant; the show’s problem was always finding villains worthy of him.

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Magnetic constant, Hansen’s observations, I, 243.

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Hansen had also at stated periods to take observations to determine the magnetic constant in this unknown region.

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