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Magnetic field
Magnetic field - one of two components of an electromagnetic field, characterized by its effect on a moving electrically charged particle with a force proportional to the charge of this particle and its velocity
Source: "ELECTROTECHNICS. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS OF BASIC CONCEPTS. GOST R 52002-2003"
(approved by the Decree of the State Standard of Russia dated 09.01.2003 No. 3-st)