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magnetic viscosity

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magnetic viscosity [mag′ned·ik vis′käs·əd·ē]
(electromagnetism)
The existence of a time delay between a change in the magnetic field applied to a ferromagnetic material and the resulting change in magnetic induction which is too great to be explained by the existence of eddy currents.
(plasma physics)
The effect, possessed by a magnetic field in the absence of sizable mechanical forces or electric fields, of damping motions of a conducting fluid perpendicular to the field similar to ordinary viscosity.


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