noun
- a unit of magnetic field strength in the centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic system
Usage: physics; technical
Examples
- The magnetic field strength was measured at 50 oersteds.
- Scientists use oersteds to quantify magnetic field intensity.
- The electromagnet produced a field of 200 oersteds.
- One oersted equals approximately 79.58 amperes per meter.
- The unit oersted is named after Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted.