How to Use magnetic field in a Sentence

magnetic field

noun
  • When the magnetic field flips, the sun’s north and south poles change places.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2021
  • This allowed the researchers to map the magnetic field lines of the black hole, per the statement.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In these parts, lines that guide the sun’s magnetic field seem to blow outward.
    — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Rock formation acts as a way to track the changes in the magnetic field.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Wiggling the direction of the magnetic field made the beads move in and out.
    — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 13 May 2021
  • What about the magnetic field—does that get canceled too?
    — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The birds are born with that knowledge, maybe tied to the Earth’s magnetic field and landforms.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2019
  • New research shows that the moon hasn’t had a magnetic field in the last 4 billion years.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Sep. 2021
  • So the first question is: How far out does that magnetic field go?
    — Maggie Chen, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Could some humans be able to sense the Earth’s magnetic field?
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Earth is lucky to have a magnetic field that shields it from the solar wind, while Venus gets slammed by it.
    — Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 May 2024
  • When the solar cycle peaks, the sun’s magnetic field flips as well.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
  • In this case, the researchers were able to look at the record of the magnetic field in 235 different samples from the rock.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 Apr. 2020
  • The flow of plasma within the sun creates the star’s magnetic field.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
  • The star’s magnetic field pulled the metals toward the star, which led to the presence of the scar, the finding has suggested.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In every tokamak, there is a null point in the magnetic field.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Sunspots result from areas of the sun that have stronger magnetic fields.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • The moths and the turtles can both sense the magnetic field of the planet and use it to guide their long navigations.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Since Juno's arrival at Jupiter, the team has witnessed a change in Jupiter's magnetic field.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Thus, the orientation of the magnetic field flips, too.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 10 May 2022
  • Earth’s magnetic field is weaker above and around the poles, across a stretch known as the auroral oval.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The signal from the fast radio burst exposed the nature of the magnetic field around the galaxy and the structure of the halo gas.
    — Fox News, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Sunspots result from areas of the sun that have stronger magnetic fields.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
  • The aurora forms when the particles flowing from the sun get caught up in the Earth's magnetic field.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • Its magnetic field is about a billion times stronger than Earth's.
    — NBC News, 1 July 2021
  • The sun’s magnetic fields flip on an 11-year cycle, the peak of which is known as the solar maximum.
    — Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The post is correct that Earth's magnetic field has weakened.
    — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Birds navigate by feeling the pull of the Earth’s magnetic field.
    — Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • While protons are trapped in the jet by its strong magnetic fields, chargeless neutrons can get forced out of the jet into the surrounding hot cocoon of material.
    — Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Key Background Northern lights are caused by interactions between the sun’s solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field, creating a collision of particles that produce light known as aurora.
    — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025

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