English Explanatory Dictionary

Faraday tensor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A second rank, four dimensional, antisymmetric tensor which may be expressed as a four-by-four array containing the components of the electric field and the magnetic field.

Word forms

Faraday tensor Faraday tensors

Etymology

Named after Michael Faraday (1791–1867), an English scientist.

Synonyms

electromagnetic tensor
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