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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

break magnetic field

Can you use 'break' when talking about a 'magnetic field'?

What can one do to break a magnetic field?

Does that sentence make sense and is it correct to say that?

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Fixed magnet fields can't be broken, per se, except by a magnetic field in the opposite direction, and you would have to move perpendicular to escape the field, or end up stuck on the closer magnet. Electro-magnetic fields can be broken by cutting off the electricity flow in the magnetic coils, that's the principle behind electric motors.

— Anonymous

  • Fixed magnet fields can't be broken, per se, except by a magnetic field in the opposite direction, and you would have to move perpendicular to escape the field, or end up stuck on the closer magnet.
  • Electro-magnetic fields can be broken by cutting off the electricity flow in the magnetic coils, that's the principle behind electric motors.
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Fixed magnet fields can't be broken, per se, except by a magnetic field in the opposite direction, and you would have to move perpendicular to escape the field, or end up stuck on the closer magnet.

Electro-magnetic fields can be broken by cutting off the electricity flow in the magnetic coils, that's the principle behind electric motors.
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