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Noun: magnetic dipole moment
  1. (physics) a current loop gives rise to a magnetic field characteristic of a magnetic dipole
    "An orbiting electron in an atom will have a magnetic dipole moment"

Derived forms: magnetic dipole moments

Type of: dipole moment

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