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Blackett effect

Blackett effect proper noun: a now-disproven hypothesis that a magnetic field is generated by an uncharged rotating body.

Proper noun

Blackett effect

  1. (historical) A now-disproven hypothesis that a magnetic field is generated by an uncharged rotating body.

Origin of Blackett effect

Named after British physicist Patrick Blackett, although it was originally proposed by Arthur Schuster in the 1910s.

Questions about Blackett effect

What does Blackett effect mean?
Blackett effect means a now-disproven hypothesis that a magnetic field is generated by an uncharged rotating body.
What part of speech is Blackett effect?
Blackett effect is a proper noun.

Words near Blackett effect in the dictionary

  1. blacketeers
  2. Blacketer
  3. Blacketers
  4. blacketh
  5. Blackett
  6. Blackett effect
  7. blackette
  8. blackettes
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  10. blackey
  11. blackeye

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