magnetic dipole moment

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   (physics) a current loop gives rise to a magnetic field characteristic of a magnetic dipole

   “An orbiting electron in an atom will have a magnetic dipole moment”

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Questions about magnetic dipole moment

What does magnetic dipole moment mean?

magnetic dipole moment means "(physics) a current loop gives rise to a magnetic field characteristic of a magnetic dipole".

Is magnetic dipole moment a common word?

magnetic dipole moment 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.