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

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

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

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