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

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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

The magnetic fields induced by each atomic magnetic moment cancel each other out, so the helical magnets do not generate any macroscopic magnetic field.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024

To measure the muon’s magnetic moment, physicists at the Muon g−2 experiment begin by funneling a beam of muons into a storage ring around the 50-foot magnet.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 10, 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

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