tommelfingerregel

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Danish

Strømmens retning er den blå pil, magnetfeltets, de røde.

Etymology

tommelfinger +‎ regel

Noun

tommelfingerregel

  1. rule of thumb
  2. (chiefly definite, physics) a mnemonic for determining the direction of the magnetic field brought about by a current
    • 2009, Dan Ch Christensen, Naturens tankelæser, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 621:
      Det er dog ikke Ørsted, der har formuleret den tommelfingerregel, skolebørn i dag kan lire af efter et kvarters fysikundervisning.
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    • 2015, David Favrholdt, Filosoffen Niels Bohr, Informations Forlag, →ISBN:
      Læseren husker måske det, vi kalder tommelfingerreglen: “Hold højre hånd langs ledningen med fingrene i strømmens retning og håndfladen mod kompasset. Nålens nordpol vil da bevæge sig til den side, hvor tommelfingeren er.
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Declension

Declension of tommelfingerregel
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tommelfingerregel tommelfingerreglen tommelfingerregler tommelfingerreglerne
genitive tommelfingerregels tommelfingerreglens tommelfingerreglers tommelfingerreglernes

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From tommelfinger +‎ regel.

Noun

tommelfingerregel m (definite singular tommelfingerregelen, indefinite plural tommelfingerregler, definite plural tommelfingerreglene)

  1. a rule of thumb

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From tommelfinger +‎ regel.

Noun

tommelfingerregel m (definite singular tommelfingerregelen, indefinite plural tommelfingerreglar, definite plural tommelfingerreglane)

  1. a rule of thumb

References

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