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Lar′mor preces′sion
(lär′môr),USA pronunciation [Physics.]
- Physicsthe precession of charged particles, as electrons, placed in a magnetic field, the frequency of the precession (Lar′mor fre′quency) being equal to the electronic charge times the strength of the magnetic field divided by 4π times the mass.
- named after Sir Joseph Larmor (1857–1942), English mathematician 1925–30
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