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Oersted (oe) is a unit in the category of Magnetic auxiliary field. It is also known as oersteds. This unit is commonly used in the cgs unit system. Oersted (oe) has a dimension of L^-1I where L is length, and I is electric current. It can be converted to the corresponding standard SI unit A/m by multiplying its value by a factor of 79.5774715459.

Note that the seven base dimensions are M (Mass), L (Length), T (Time), Q (Temperature), N (Aamount of Substance), I (Electric Current), and J (Luminous Intensity).

Other units in the category of Magnetic auxiliary field include Ampere Per Meter (A/m), Kiloampere Per Meter (kA/m), Milliampere Per Meter (mA/m), and Praoersted.