lorentz force

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   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”

   Broaderforce

Questions about lorentz force

What does lorentz force mean?

lorentz force means "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".

Is lorentz force a common word?

lorentz force is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.