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MAGNETOMOTIVE FORCE UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of measurement of magnetomotive force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("magnetomotive force 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 "magnetomotive force unit"):
Gb; Gi; gilbert (a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns)
ampere-turn (a unit of magnetomotive force equal to the magnetomotive force produced by the passage of 1 ampere through 1 complete turn of a coil; equal to 1.257 gilberts)
magneton (a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle)