Physics GCSE
length in the field
What length in the field means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of length in the field
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The length of the conductor that is inside the field, one of the three things the size of the force depends on.
Topics that use length in the field
- Fleming's left-hand rule (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- conventional current
- Current
- equal and opposite forces
- F = B I l
- field, current and force
- Fleming's left hand rule
- force on a conductor
- interaction of two fields
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