Physics A-Level
Field-line diagrams
What Field-line diagrams means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Field-line diagrams
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Show these vectors, with arrows indicating direction and spacing indicating relative magnitude.
Topics that use Field-line diagrams
- Fields (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Direction of gravitational, electric and magnetic fields
- Electric field strength
- Equipotential surfaces
- Field
- Gravitational field strength
- Magnetic force
- Test bodies and field direction
- Vector representation of fields
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