Physics GCSE
lines never cross
What lines never cross means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Magnetic field lines never cross and never stop in mid air, and they are closest together at the poles.
Topics that use lines never cross
- Magnetic fields (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- always attraction
- direction of field lines
- Earth's magnetic field
- field around a magnet
- field line spacing
- field strength
- induced poles
- magnetic materials
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