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"