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OERSTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oersted mean?
• OERSTED (noun)
The noun OERSTED has 2 senses:
1. the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole
2. Danish physicist (1777-1851)
Familiarity information: OERSTED used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("oersted" is a kind of...):
field strength unit (an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity)
Meronyms (parts of "oersted"):
gamma (a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Danish physicist (1777-1851)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hans Christian Oersted; Oersted
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
Context examples
A unit of magnetic flux density equal to 10(E-9) tesla (one nanotesla) or 10(E-5) oersted, traditionally used in geophysics for measurement of changes in the Earth's magnetic field.
(Gamma, NCI Thesaurus)
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