magnetic field
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The repeater seems to be in an environment with strong magnetic fields. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "We’ve seen more fast radio bursts, but we still don’t know what they are," 11 Oct. 2018 During its career, the spacecraft was the first to map the entire magnetosphere, which is the area influenced by Earth's magnetic field. — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, "Long-Lost Spacecraft That NASA Rediscovered This Year Is Incommunicado," 30 Aug. 2018 The tags were fitted with several instruments: pressure sensors to measure depth; magnetometers to record orientation with respect to Earth’s magnetic field; accelerometers to measure movement; and microphones to record chatter. — The Economist, "When faced with a killer whale should you fight or flee?," 14 June 2018 Or hypothesized particles called axions that interact with magnetic fields might be detected in laboratories or in space. — Lisa Randall, Scientific American, "What Is Dark Matter?," 8 May 2018 The density of the solar wind quadrupled and cracked open Earth’s magnetic field. — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, "A solar shock wave cracked Earth’s magnetic field last night, but everything is fine," 20 Apr. 2018 But add a magnetic field, and that can change: the structure of the states available to electrons takes on a distinct fractal form, called Hofstadter's butterfly. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Fractal structure produces fractal electrons with fractal energies," 2 Dec. 2018 Besides ordinary electric and magnetic fields, such materials can also generate disruptions in the quantum fluctuations that are ever-present in space. — Frank Wilczek, WSJ, "The Second Quantum Revolution," 18 Oct. 2018 Jia used measurements from Galileo’s magnetometer to seek out small perturbations in the magnetic field during the closest flyby. — Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, "Decades-Old Data Unveils Plumes Spewing from Europa," 14 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'magnetic field.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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