Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Oersted \Oer"sted\, n. [After Hans Christian Oersted, Danish
   physicist.] (Elec.)
   The C.G.S. unit of magnetic reluctance or resistance, equal
   to the reluctance of a centimeter cube of air (or vacuum)
   between parallel faces. Also, a reluctance in which unit
   magnetomotive force sets up unit flux.

Source : WordNet®

oersted
     n 1: the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole
     2: Danish physicist (1777-1851) [syn: {Hans Christian Oersted}]