Fleming’s right-hand rule

Fleming’s right-hand rule

A simple way of indicating certain relationships in the behavior of electric generators and motors. If the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of the right hand are positioned so that they are at right angles to each other, the middle finger points in the direction of an induced voltage, the thumb in the direction of the motion of a conductor, and the index finger in the direction of the magnetic field. Compare

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