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FIELD STRENGTH UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("field strength unit" is a kind of...):
electromagnetic unit; emu (any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "field strength unit"):
gamma (a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted)
oersted (the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole)