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magnetic axis

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magnetic axis [mag′ned·ik ′ak·səs]
(electromagnetism)
A line through the center of a magnet such that the torque exerted on the magnet by a magnetic field in the direction of this line equals 0.
(plasma physics)
The single line of force that closes on itself after one revolution in a magnetic field with a rotational transform.
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