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WB
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
Synonyms:
Wb; weber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("Wb" is a kind of...):
flux unit; magnetic flux unit (a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area)
Meronyms (parts of "Wb"):
maxwell; Mx (a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss)