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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field;
- Example: "the Lorentz force can be used to suspend a current-carrying object between two magnets"


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Lorentz force n 1: the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field; "the Lorentz force can be used to suspend a current-carrying object between two magnets"