When an electron moving with a uniform speed in a vacuum enters a magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the field the subsequent path of the electron is ___________________?

A. a straight line along its initial direction

B. a straight line parallel to the field

C. a parabola in a plane perpendicular to the field

D. a circle in a plane perpendicular to the field

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