magnetic field
noun
: the portion of space near a magnetic body or a current-carrying body in which the magnetic forces due to the body or current can be detected
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The magnetic field lines, showing the direction of force, were undetectable before now.
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Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
In the 2010s, the second Mercury mission, Messenger, documented that the planet’s magnetic field is off kilter.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
Scientists have published a spectacular new polarised light image of the strong magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
To that end, the spacecrafts have investigated all the giant planets of our outer solar system ‒ Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune ‒ as well as the planets' magnetic fields and a combined 48 of their moons, NASA says.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
As Jupiter’s magnetic field shifts, 400,000 volts of electric potential develop across Io’s conductive surface.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
For the last couple of decades, NASA has devoted Voyager's instruments to studying cosmic rays, the magnetic field, and the plasma environment in interstellar space.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
Yes, this planet is our home, warm and wet and brimming with life, but significant chunks of electromagnetic spectrum are blocked by Earth’s atmosphere, magnetic field and—more recently—the growing cacophony of wireless signals.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2024
That could be tricky, because RF cavities typically don’t work well in magnetic fields.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 28 Mar. 2024
Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
In the 2010s, the second Mercury mission, Messenger, documented that the planet’s magnetic field is off kilter.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
Scientists have published a spectacular new polarised light image of the strong magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
To that end, the spacecrafts have investigated all the giant planets of our outer solar system ‒ Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune ‒ as well as the planets' magnetic fields and a combined 48 of their moons, NASA says.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
As Jupiter’s magnetic field shifts, 400,000 volts of electric potential develop across Io’s conductive surface.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
For the last couple of decades, NASA has devoted Voyager's instruments to studying cosmic rays, the magnetic field, and the plasma environment in interstellar space.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
Yes, this planet is our home, warm and wet and brimming with life, but significant chunks of electromagnetic spectrum are blocked by Earth’s atmosphere, magnetic field and—more recently—the growing cacophony of wireless signals.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2024
That could be tricky, because RF cavities typically don’t work well in magnetic fields.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Magnetic field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnetic%20field. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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