pole piece
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noun Electricity.
a piece of magnetic material at a pole of a permanent magnet or of an electromagnet, shaped to control the magnetic flux distribution in the vicinity of the pole.
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Origin of pole piece
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby pole piece
polemist, polemize, polemology, polemoniaceous, polenta, pole piece, pole plate, pole position, poler, poles apart, polestar
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pole piece
noun
electrical engineering a piece of ferromagnetic material forming an extension of the magnetic circuit in an electric motor, etc, used to concentrate the magnetic field where it will be most effective
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