English Explanatory Dictionary

oersted

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The CGS unit of magnetizing field (symbol Oe), defined as 1000/4π (≈79.5774715) amperes per meter of flux path.

Word forms

oersted oersteds

Etymology

After Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted.

Derived words

millioersted
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