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 science payload to be landed there includes seismometers, a drill to allow emplacement of heat flow and electrical conductivity probes, and instruments to study the magnetic field and surface weathering.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2025
These spectacular lights resemble those seen on Earth, where they're generated when energetic particles interact with our planet's magnetic field, but Jupiter's auroras are believed to proceed through a different mechanism and are far more intense and energetic.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
When subjected to a magnetic field, the electrons within each sheet zip back and forth between the carbon atoms, exhibiting superconductivity and other bizarre properties.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2025
Neptune's magnetic field is tilted by 47 degrees off of the planet's axis of rotation—meaning that the field lines along which the solar wind is channeled meet the atmosphere in a different place to those here on Earth.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2025
These spectacular lights resemble those seen on Earth, where they're generated when energetic particles interact with our planet's magnetic field, but Jupiter's auroras are believed to proceed through a different mechanism and are far more intense and energetic.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
When subjected to a magnetic field, the electrons within each sheet zip back and forth between the carbon atoms, exhibiting superconductivity and other bizarre properties.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2025
Neptune's magnetic field is tilted by 47 degrees off of the planet's axis of rotation—meaning that the field lines along which the solar wind is channeled meet the atmosphere in a different place to those here on Earth.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Magnetic field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnetic%20field. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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