Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lorentz_force

1 sense of lorentz force

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Lorentz force -- (the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field; "the Lorentz force can be used to suspend a current-carrying object between two magnets")
       => force -- ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration")