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Biot-Savart law

[ bee-oh-suh-vahr, byoh- ]

noun

, Physics.
  1. the law that the magnetic induction near a long, straight conductor, as wire, varies inversely as the distance from the conductor and directly as the intensity of the current in the conductor.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Biot-Savart law1

Named after J. B. Biot ( biotite ) and Felix Savart (1791–1841), French physician and physicist

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