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
  • Birds rely upon day length, magnetic fields and other factors to make their journeys.
    Susan Nugent, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
  • The overall magnetic field is lost, and symmetry is restored.
    Quanta Magazine, 11 Nov. 2021
  • These magnetic field lines will sometimes cross and get tangled -- eventually bursting.
    Jennifer Gray, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021
  • By increasing the magnetic field strength, scientists can use a lot less power in a tokamak reactor.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2021
  • But three billion years ago the planet lost its magnetic field, possibly due to a cooling of its core, allowing the solar wind to strip away its atmosphere.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Earth’s magnetic field captures that solar wind and from there, after a few other processes, the world gets the aurora borealis.
    Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Electromagnetism states that when a wire is wrapped around a magnet and the current within the wire changes, the magnetic field around the wire changes proportionally.
    Timothy Hsu, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2021
  • In magnets, these magnetic moments all point in the same direction and collectively produce a magnetic field.
    Quanta Magazine, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The sun goes through periods of maximum and minimum solar activity when its magnetic field flips every eleven years.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2021
  • This active season itself is somewhat predictable, as the sun's magnetic field flips polarity over an 11-year cycle.
    Jennifer Gray, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Imagery later confirmed that the eruption was accompanied by a major coronal mass ejection that could collide with Earth’s magnetic field in the coming days.
    Eric MacK, Forbes, 28 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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