A graphic illustration of a right hand gently grasping a large arrow pointed diagonally upward. The thumb is up pointing in the same direction as the arrow. A smaller arrow underneath the hand indicates the direction to wrap the fingers around the large arrow. The title of the image is File:Right hand rule simple.png

  • @mossy_
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    5317 days ago

    me when I’m trying to remember the rotation of magnetic waves created by a current in a wire

    • @[email protected]OP
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      1117 days ago

      Last time I checked a moving charge created a magnetic field, not a wave. And you determine the curl, not the rotation. You didn’t remember

      • @mossy_
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        1416 days ago

        me when I’m trying not to let some nerd get under my skin because I struggled greatly with electromagnetics

    • @Valmond
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      717 days ago

      Those curved sin waves…

      • @mossy_
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        517 days ago

        I don’t get it, GlizzyGuzzler, is something strange about this image? Should I get off on this post?

          • @mossy_
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            617 days ago

            the only twisting and yanking I did was pulling the wires out of my breadboard when I was done with it!

              • @mossy_
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                517 days ago

                I suppose they would turn the air conditioning off when everyone leaves…

  • @[email protected]
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    3017 days ago

    I once used my left hand for the right hand rule because i was writing with my right hand during a physics test

    Needless to say, i got the wrong sign

    • @[email protected]
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      617 days ago

      You may use the left hand, if you use the technical direction of current from ‘+’ to ‘-’.

  • @affiliate
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    1917 days ago

    why even use the right hand rule when you can just take a random guess and be right half of the time

  • kubica
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    1817 days ago

    It is funny that this gestures are taught as some kind of mnemonics, but then some for some other application another mnemonic with the opposite hand and same gesture is introduced and I don’t ever remember which hand was associated with what anymore. So I remember something about hands that doesn’t get me anywhere.

    • Superb
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      317 days ago

      I believe 3D graphics uses both to describe different coordinate systems (some are left handed and some are right)

  • @SzethFriendOfNimi
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    617 days ago

    Who would ever use this?

    Atomic spin and chemical bonds have entered the chat

  • @5oap10116
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    17 days ago

    No thanks. I prefer the 3 variable left hand rule.