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Magnetic moment
In physics, the magnetic moment or magnetic dipole moment is a measure of the strength of a magnetic source. In the simplest case of a current loop, the magnetic dipole moment is defined as mathbf{m}=Iint d mathbf{a}, where a is the vector area of the current loop.
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