Field strength and line spacing
What Field strength and line spacing means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: OCR
The spacing of lines indicates field strength: closer lines mean a stronger field, and line density decreases with distance from the centre.
Closer lines mean a stronger field, so the spacing of the lines indicates field strength.
Topics that use Field strength and line spacing
- Gravitational field strength (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Point and spherical masses (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Direction of gravitational force
- Critical damping
- Escape velocity
- Field
- Geostationary orbit
- Gravitational field outside and inside a sphere
- Gravitational field strength
- Gravitational potential
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