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gyromagnetic

gyromagnetic

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Relating to magnetic effects caused by rotation
  • adjective
  • /ˌdʒaɪroʊˈmæɡnɪk/
  • Specialized
: giromagnético
  • Researchers study the gyromagnetic ratio to determine how an atom interacts with external magnetic fields.

Examples

  • In quantum mechanics, the gyromagnetic effect describes how particles generate a magnetic field due to their spin and rotation.

  • Perhaps the most easily grasped physical picture of magnetic resonance involves viewing the nuclear gyromagnetic moment mu as a precessing top in a laboratory magnetic field Hsub0.

    Academic text (1993)

  • This is this is called the gyromagnetic ratio of the electron.

  • But the magnetic moment is nothing else than the gyromagnetic ratio times the angular momentum.

  • where I is the nuclear angular momentum, and gamma is the gyromagnetic ratio.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The gyromagnetic properties of the electron are essential in understanding its behavior in magnetic fields.

Surface Forms

gyromagnetic positive

Morphology

gyromagnetic = magnetic (semi-transparent) = gyro + magnet + ic

Formally composed of the combining form 'gyro-' (rotation) + 'magnetic'; the composition is literal but 'gyro-' is a technical combining form that may be unfamiliar to general learners.

Etymology

The word gyromagnetic comes from gyro ('turn' or 'circle'), the same root you see in gyroscope, a spinning device, and magnetic ('relating to magnets'). So, gyromagnetic describes magnetic effects caused by rotation or spin.