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Bi′ot-Sa•vart′ law′
(bē′ō sə vär′, byō′-),USA pronunciation [Physics.]
- Physicsthe law that the magnetic induction near a long, straight conductor, as wire, varies inversely as the distance from the conductor and directly as the intensity of the current in the conductor.
- named after J. B. Biot (see biotite) and Felix Savart (1791–1841), French physician and physicist