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

Each magnetic moment tilts slightly and passes its motion to the next, creating a chain reaction.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

This would involve using the magnetic moment of electrons instead of their charge in dynamic random access memory.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

Making progress on this vexing problem boils down to better calculations and more precise measurements of the muon’s magnetic moment.

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

To get an absolutely constant magnetic moment, is not possible, but between certain limits we can get a very near approximation to constancy.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various