Hodge dual

noun

The dual that results from exchanging the electric field and the magnetic field in Maxwell's equations, which describe electromagnetic motion in four-dimensional spacetime.

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nounHodge dual (plural Hodge duals)

plural Hodge duals

  1. natural sciencesThe dual that results from exchanging the electric field and the magnetic field in Maxwell's equations, which describe electromagnetic motion in four-dimensional spacetime.
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