MAGNETIC DIPOLE MOMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic dipole moment mean? 

• MAGNETIC DIPOLE MOMENT (noun)
  The noun MAGNETIC DIPOLE MOMENT has 1 sense:

1. (physics) a current loop gives rise to a magnetic field characteristic of a magnetic dipole

  Familiarity information: MAGNETIC DIPOLE MOMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETIC DIPOLE MOMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) a current loop gives rise to a magnetic field characteristic of a magnetic dipole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Context example:

An orbiting electron in an atom will have a magnetic dipole moment

Hypernyms ("magnetic dipole moment" is a kind of...):

dipole moment (the moment of a dipole)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)