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

Example Sentences

Inside these structures, tiny magnetic moments, which behave like miniature compass needles, align in circular patterns.

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"From a theoretical perspective, this system is remarkable because friction does not originate from a physical surface contact, but from the collective dynamics of magnetic moments," explains Anton Lüders, who developed the theoretical description.

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This occurs when magnetic moments in a material cannot settle into a single stable pattern and instead remain in a fluctuating configuration.

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Within this structure, microscopic magnetic moments, known as "spins," interact and produce traveling disturbances called spin waves.

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In this phase, the magnetic directions of individual atoms, called magnetic moments, organize into swirling structures known as vortices.

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