Oersted

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oersted \Oer"sted\, n. [After Hans Christian Oersted, Danish
     physicist.] (Elec.)
     The C. G. S. unit of magnetic reluctance or resistance, equal
     to the reluctance of a centimeter cube of air (or vacuum)
     between parallel faces. Also, a reluctance in which unit
     magnetomotive force sets up unit flux.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oersted
       n 1: the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole
       2: Danish physicist (1777-1851) [syn: {Hans Christian Oersted}]