magnetic flux

the component of a magnetic field perpendicular to an area multiplied by the size of that area; a measure of the number of magnetic field lines passing through the area: it is measured in maxwells or webers: symbol, Φ

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noun
A measure of the quantity of magnetism, being the total number of magnetic lines of force passing through a specified area in a magnetic field.

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