FLUX UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flux unit mean? 

• FLUX UNIT (noun)
  The noun FLUX UNIT has 1 sense:

1. a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area

  Familiarity information: FLUX UNIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUX UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

flux unit; magnetic flux unit

Hypernyms ("flux unit" is a kind of...):

magnetic flux (a measure of the strength of a magnetic field over a given area)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flux unit"):

maxwell; Mx (a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss)

Wb; weber (a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells)