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oersted

oer·sted [ úr stèd, úrstəd ] (plural oer·steds)


noun 
Definition:
 
measure of magnetic strength: the unit measure of magnetic field strength in the centimeter-gram-second system. It is equal to the magnetic field strength experienced by a magnetic pole when undergoing a force of one dyne in a free space.
Symbol  Oe


[Late19C. After Hans Christian Oersted (1777-1851), Danish physicist]
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