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Lenz’s law

Lenz's law [ lèntsəz láw ]


noun 
Definition:
 
law concerning magnetic fields: the principle that a current induced by a changing magnetic field will itself produce a magnetic field that opposes the original

[Mid-19th century. After Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz (1804-1865), German physicist]
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