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oersted
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun oersted has 2 senses
- oersted(n = noun.quantity) Array - the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole; Array is a kind of field strength unit
- oersted(n = noun.person) hans christian oersted - Danish physicist (1777-1851); Array is a kind of physicist
has parts: gamma
CIDE DICTIONARY
oersted, n. [After Hans Christian Oersted , Danish physicist.].
The C. G. S. unit of magnetic reluctance or resistance, equal to the reluctance of a centimeter cube of air (or vacuum) between parallel faces. Also, a reluctance in which unit magnetomotive force sets up unit flux. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
oersted, n. a unit of magnetic field strength equivalent to 79.58 amperes per metre.
Etymology
H. C. Oersted, Da. physicist d. 1851
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