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magnetic flux

–noun Electricity.
the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.

Origin:
1895–1900
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magnetic flux  
n.  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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magnetic flux  
  1. The lines of force associated with a magnetic field. The strength of magnetic flux is equivalent to its magnetic flux density per unit area. The SI unit of magnetic flux is the weber.

  2. See magnetic flux density.


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