magnetic field

English Thesaurus

1. the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	field, field of force, force field,
definition	:	the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	magnetosphere,
definition	:	the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	solar magnetic field,
definition	:	the magnetic field of the sun (noun.phenomenon)