magnetic field

The definition of a magnetic field is a place in space near a magnet or an electric current where a physical field is created from a moving electric charge that creates force on another moving electric charge.

(noun)

An example of a magnetic field is the Earth's magnetic field.

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See magnetic field in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a physical field that arises from an electric charge in motion, producing a force on a moving electric charge

See magnetic field in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A condition found in the region around a magnet or an electric current, characterized by the existence of a detectable magnetic force at every point in the region and by the existence of magnetic poles.

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