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Ampère’s rule

Am·père's rule [ ámpirz rl ]


noun 
Definition:
 
relationship between current and magnetic field: a rule that if a conductor is gripped by the right hand, thumb pointing in the direction of the current, the fingers are curled in the magnetic field direction

[After André-Marie Ampère (see ampere)]
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