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Definition of Field of force

1. Noun. The space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it.

Definition of Field of force

1. Noun. (physics) A force field ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Of Force

Literary usage of Field of force

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism by James Hopwood Jeans (1908)
"ELECTROSTATIC field of force. CONCEPTIONS USED IN THE SURVEY OF A field of force. I. The Intensity at a point. 30. THE space in the neighbourhood of charges ..."

2. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk ( Maxwell (1873)
"... and surrounded by a field of force, which, before the introduction of the electrified point, was uniform in direction and magnitude at every part. ..."

3. A Treatise on Hydrodynamics: With Numerous Examples by Alfred Barnard Basset (1888)
"We cannot employ an analogous method for determining the potential when the bowl is placed in a field of force perpendicular to a plane containing the axis, ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"If to gravitation, the field is called a gravitation field of force; ... In every field of force work is done upon the body only if it is of a sort to be ..."

5. An Introduction to the Theory of Electricity: With Numerous Examples by Linnaeus Cumming (1885)
"STRENGTH OF FIELD AT A POINT is the magnitude of the force experienced by a unit of mass when placed at that point in the Field of Force. ..."

6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... by it a plane of zero potential, the boundary conditions will remain the same, and therefore the field of force to the left of PO will remain unaltered. ..."

7. A Text Book of the Principles of Physics by Alfred Daniell (1885)
"The space comprised between the electrified body and the oppositely- electrified walls of the room is a Field of Force, permeated by Lines of Force and ..."

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