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Blackett effect

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Etymology

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Named after British physicist Patrick Blackett, although it was originally proposed by Arthur Schuster in the 1910s.

Proper noun

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Blackett effect

  1. (electromagnetism, historical) A now-disproven hypothesis that a magnetic field is generated by an uncharged rotating body.

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