Meanings
nounLarmor precession (uncountable)
- uncountablenatural sciencesThe precession of the motion of charged particles, or particles having a magnetic moment, in a magnetic field.
Origin
From Joseph Larmor, Irish physicist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 拉莫爾進動 /拉莫尔进动
- 拉莫爾進動 /拉莫尔进动 (Lāmò'ěr jìndòng)precession of motion of charged particles
Finnish Larmorin prekessio
- Larmorin prekessioprecession of motion of charged particles
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