Blackett effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A now-disproven hypothesis that a magnetic field is generated by an uncharged rotating body.

Word forms

Blackett effect

Etymology

Named after British physicist Patrick Blackett, although it was originally proposed by Arthur Schuster in the 1910s.

Related words

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