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Biot-Savart law
[ bee-oh-suh-vahr, byoh- ]
noun
, Physics.
- the law that the magnetic induction near a long, straight conductor, as wire, varies inversely as the distance from the conductor and directly as the intensity of the current in the conductor.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Biot-Savart law1
Named after J. B. Biot ( biotite ) and Felix Savart (1791–1841), French physician and physicist
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