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C.g.s. unit (symbol Oe) of magnetic field
strength, now replaced by the SI unit ampere
per metre. The Earth's magnetic field is
about 0.5 oersted; the field near the poles
of a small bar magnet is several hundred
oersteds; and a powerful electromagnet can
have a field strength of 30,000 oersteds.