Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oersted

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: oer-st-ed
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The CGS unit of magnetizing field (symbol Oe), defined as 1000/4π (≈79.5774715) amperes per meter of flux path.

Etymology

After Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted.

Inflected Forms

oersteds (plural)

Derived Forms

millioersted

Questions

What does oersted mean?: The CGS unit of magnetizing field (symbol Oe), defined as 1000/4π (≈79.5774715) amperes per meter of flux path.
Where does oersted come from?: After Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted.

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