magnetic moment

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.

magnetic moment

noun

1. short for magnetic dipole moment electromagnetic moment

magnetic moment

1. See magnetic dipole moment

Word History and Origins

Origin of magnetic moment¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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

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While ferromagnets, which we all know from refrigerator magnets, have all their magnetic moments aligned in the same direction, antiferromagnets have alternating magnetic moments.

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The fundamental magnetic phases are defined by the specific spontaneous arrangements of magnetic moments -- or electron spins -- and of atoms that carry the moments in crystals.

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"The remaining unpaired magnetic moments could be entangled with each other, manipulated with external magnetic fields and thus used for data storage or computational operations in quantum computers," says the solid-state physicist Pustogow.

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"Our discovery is important for understanding the physics of magnetic moments on metal surfaces," declares Bode.

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