magnetic flux

noun

, Electricity.

1. the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.

magnetic flux

noun

1. a measure of the strength of a magnetic field over a given area perpendicular to it, equal to the product of the area and the magnetic flux density through it φ

magnetic flux

1. The lines of force associated with a magnetic field. The strength of magnetic flux is equivalent to its magnetic flux density per unit area. The SI unit of magnetic flux is the weber.
2. See magnetic flux density

Word History and Origins

Origin of magnetic flux¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

This process allows the penetration and pinning of magnetic flux quanta, which in turn creates a magnetic stray field.

From Science Daily

These 'sneezes,' as the researchers describe them, release the magnetic flux within the protostellar disk, and may be a vital part of star formation.

From Science Daily

It is especially notable to this process that the emergent composite fermion particle is unique in that the electron captures six quantized magnetic flux quanta, forming the most intricate composite fermion known to date.

From Science Daily

The leftover magnetic flux from one sunspot pair alone doesn’t make much of a difference, but during the solar cycle’s more active period, the sun can easily top 100 sunspots at any given moment.

From Scientific American

They’re also regions from which magnetic flux pours out; those magnetic field lines loop back and reconnect elsewhere on the sun’s surface.

From Washington Post