magnetic induction

noun

1

: induction of magnetism in a body when it is in a magnetic field or in the magnetic flux set up by a magnetomotive force

—symbol B

2

: the product of the magnetic permeability of a medium by the intensity of magnetic field in it

called also magnetic flux density

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