Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oersted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oersted \Oer"sted\, n. [After Hans Christian Oersted, Danish
physicist.] (Elec.)
The C.G.S. unit of magnetic reluctance or resistance, equal
to the reluctance of a centimeter cube of air (or vacuum)
between parallel faces. Also, a reluctance in which unit
magnetomotive force sets up unit flux.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oersted
n 1: the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole
2: Danish physicist (1777-1851) [syn: {Oersted}, {Hans
Christian Oersted}]
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