How to Use magnetic field in a Sentence

magnetic field

noun
  • When the magnetic field flips, the sun’s north and south poles change places.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2021
  • This allowed the researchers to map the magnetic field lines of the black hole, per the statement.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In these parts, lines that guide the sun’s magnetic field seem to blow outward.
    Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 24 Aug. 2023
  • What about the magnetic field—does that get canceled too?
    WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • New research shows that the moon hasn’t had a magnetic field in the last 4 billion years.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Sep. 2021
  • So the first question is: How far out does that magnetic field go?
    Maggie Chen, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Earth is lucky to have a magnetic field that shields it from the solar wind, while Venus gets slammed by it.
    Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 May 2024
  • When the solar cycle peaks, the sun’s magnetic field flips as well.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The flow of plasma within the sun creates the star’s magnetic field.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
  • The star’s magnetic field pulled the metals toward the star, which led to the presence of the scar, the finding has suggested.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Sunspots result from areas of the sun that have stronger magnetic fields.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • The moths and the turtles can both sense the magnetic field of the planet and use it to guide their long navigations.
    Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Since Juno's arrival at Jupiter, the team has witnessed a change in Jupiter's magnetic field.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Thus, the orientation of the magnetic field flips, too.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 10 May 2022
  • Sunspots result from areas of the sun that have stronger magnetic fields.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
  • The aurora forms when the particles flowing from the sun get caught up in the Earth's magnetic field.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • The post is correct that Earth's magnetic field has weakened.
    Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The rotation is induced by the magnetic field straightening across the poles of the rotor.
    David Blekhman, Forbes, 6 July 2022
  • The crystals lined up with the magnetic field and, as the glue dried, remained pointing in that direction.
    New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • That provided a map of the magnetic field, according to an astronomer who led the study.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The Earth's magnetic field is strongest near the polar regions.
    The Arizona Republic, 31 Jan. 2024
  • With or without a magnetic field, Mars was destined to die.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Every 11 years, the sun’s magnetic field changes entirely, with the north and south poles switching places.
    Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Normally those winds blow across the 93 million miles between the Sun and the Earth — the trip takes three days — hit our magnetic field and get funneled to the two poles.
    Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The stars have always been more or less constant while landmarks erode and the planet’s magnetic field shifts.
    New York Times, 29 July 2021
  • Over the millennia, the atmosphere of the planet dwindled due to the lack of a magnetic field to protect it from the solar winds.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The second event — explained in layman’s terms — is when a tiny bit of the sun, plasma and magnetic fields, is ejected.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Once the magnetic field is shut off, the MENDs revert to their previous inert state.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Every 11 years, the Sun's magnetic field flips polarity at the peak of each solar cycle, known as solar maximum.
    Ariana Garcia, Chron, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Data showed that sodium and potassium in the lunar atmosphere increased during meteor showers and dropped when the Moon was shielded from the solar wind inside Earth’s magnetic field.
    Jonathan O’Callaghan, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024

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