magnetostaticadj.
/maɡˌniːtəʊˈstatɪk/, U.S. /mæɡˈˌnɛdoʊˈˌstædɪk/, /mæɡˈˌnidoʊˈˌstædɪk/ Of or relating to an unchanging magnetic field.
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magnetostatic1889
1889 Science 14 437/1 ‘Thomson's portable magnetostatic electrical measuring instruments of long range’,..by Thomas Gray.
1893 Notices Proc. Royal Inst. Great Brit. 13 348 Magneto~static screening by soft iron would follow the same law as electrostatic screening, if the magnetic susceptibility of the iron were infinitely great.
1950 Physical Rev. 75 156 The domain patterns..represent configurations of low magnetostatic energy.
1969 M. A. Uman Lightning 101 The magnetostatic field present during a lightning discharge is directly proportional to the discharge current.
1989 Nature 16 Feb. 635/1 Demagnetizing energy, ED, is due to magnetostatic dipole–dipole interaction.
2004 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 8281/1 A chain of equant magnetite crystals has higher magnetostatic energy than a ring of the crystals.
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magˌnetoˈstatically adv.
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magnetostatically1956
1956 Science 124 784/2 The aperture that is magnetostatically possible is severely limited (15) especially if f differs markedly from the value ¼.
1973 Appl. Physics Lett. 23 485/1 This letter presents some preliminary results of an investigation of bubble domain behaviour in magnetostatically coupled garnet films.
1997 IEEE Trans. Magnetics 33 2932/1 The upper NiFe layer is magnetostatically coupled with the lower NiFe film.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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