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- noun physics one of a pair of flat
coils , having equal numbers of turns and equal diameters, arranged on a common axis and connected inseries ; used to obtain a nearlyuniform magnetic field without the use of a longsolenoid
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from Hermann von Helmholtz, German phycisist
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