Helmholtz coil

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from Hermann von Helmholtz, German physicist

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Helmholtz coil (plural Helmholtz coils)

  1. (physics) one of a pair of flat coils, having equal numbers of turns and equal diameters, arranged on a common axis and connected in series; used to obtain a nearly uniform magnetic field without the use of a long solenoid

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