Physics GCSE
Magnetic poles
What Magnetic poles means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Magnetic poles
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Reference: OCR
A permanent magnet has two poles, north and south, and the rule is that unlike poles attract and like poles repel.
Topics that use Magnetic poles
- Magnets and magnetic fields (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- attraction and repulsion
- Combining fields of multiple turns
- Dipping compass and vertical field component
- Earth's magnetic field
- Evidence for a magnetic core
- Field around a bar magnet
- field pattern of a solenoid
- Field strength and current
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