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electromagnetic

[ ih-lek-troh-mag-net-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to electromagnetism or electromagnetic fields.


electromagnetic

/ ɪˌlɛktrəʊmæɡˈnɛtɪk /

adjective

  1. of, containing, or operated by an electromagnet

    an electromagnetic pump

  2. of, relating to, or consisting of electromagnetism

    electromagnetic moment

  3. of or relating to electromagnetic radiation

    the electromagnetic spectrum



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Derived Forms

  • eˌlectromagˈnetically, adverb

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Other Words From

  • e·lectro·mag·neti·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of electromagnetic1

First recorded in 1815–25; electro- + magnetic

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Example Sentences

The electromagnetic force between the electrons lets you pick up the cup, counteracting gravity in the process.

An electromagnetic shield could potentially halt incoming projectiles launched from Gaza, Tehran, or North Korea.

I'm reading some after-the-electromagnetic pulse disaster novels where the electric grid has collapsed.

Here too the theory spawned infinity, in what turned out to be more virulent ways than in the electromagnetic case.

The medicine worked because the photon–the quantum bundle of light and the carrier of the electromagnetic force–has no mass.

The most important device for producing electric currents by electromagnetic induction, however, is the dynamo.

These electromagnetic waves produce oscillations in the antenn of a receiving station.

Farad, the practical unit of capacity for electricity, in the electromagnetic system of units.

This explains why most of Fresnel's conclusions remain unchanged when we adopt the electromagnetic theory of light.

He shows also that optical phenomena are only a special case of electromagnetic phenomena.

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