LARMOR PRECESSION


Meaning of LARMOR PRECESSION in English

/lahr"mawr/ , Physics.

the precession of charged particles, as electrons, placed in a magnetic field, the frequency of the precession (Larmor frequency) being equal to the electronic charge times the strength of the magnetic field divided by 4 pi times the mass.

[ 1925-30; named after Sir Joseph Larmor (1857-1942), English mathematician ]

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