electromagnetic
of or relating to electromagnetism or electromagnetic fields.
Origin of electromagnetic
1Other words from electromagnetic
- e·lec·tro·mag·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby electromagnetic
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Perhaps the most compelling recent research in favor of the functional role of electromagnetic fields can be found in a 2019 paper from Dominique Durand’s team at Case Western Reserve University.
Are the Brain’s Electromagnetic Fields the Seat of Consciousness? - Facts So Romantic | Tam Hunt | October 27, 2020 | NautilusThey interact with one another by exchanging photons, the carriers of the electromagnetic force.
A New Map of All the Particles and Forces | Natalie Wolchover, Samuel Velasco and Lucy Reading-Ikkanda | October 22, 2020 | Quanta MagazineSound travels thanks to the electromagnetic interactions of neighboring atoms’ electrons, which is where the fine-structure constant comes into play.
Fundamental constants place a new speed limit on sound | Emily Conover | October 9, 2020 | Science NewsNow that tattoo colors can be changed by an electromagnetic signal, you’ll soon be able to “program” your tattoo’s design, or switch it on and off.
Dynamic Tattoos Promise To Warn Wearers Of Health Threats | LGBTQ-Editor | September 27, 2020 | No Straight NewsThe energy of light travels through a medium called an electromagnetic field.
Explainer: Understanding waves and wavelengths | Jennifer Look | March 5, 2020 | Science News For Students
The electromagnetic force between the electrons lets you pick up the cup, counteracting gravity in the process.
The Equivalence Principle and Testing Einstein With Spaceships and Atoms | Matthew R. Francis | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn electromagnetic shield could potentially halt incoming projectiles launched from Gaza, Tehran, or North Korea.
Memo to Bibi Netanyahu: It’s Time to Build an Arsenal of Awe | Lloyd Green | December 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI'm reading some after-the-electromagnetic pulse disaster novels where the electric grid has collapsed.
Where are the Bicycles in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction? | Megan McArdle | January 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHere too the theory spawned infinity, in what turned out to be more virulent ways than in the electromagnetic case.
Finding Higgs Boson, or God Particle, Will Resolve Scientific Mysteries | Frank Close | December 17, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThe medicine worked because the photon–the quantum bundle of light and the carrier of the electromagnetic force–has no mass.
Finding Higgs Boson, or God Particle, Will Resolve Scientific Mysteries | Frank Close | December 17, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThe most important device for producing electric currents by electromagnetic induction, however, is the dynamo.
Physics | Willis Eugene TowerThese electromagnetic waves produce oscillations in the antenn of a receiving station.
Physics | Willis Eugene TowerFarad, the practical unit of capacity for electricity, in the electromagnetic system of units.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousThis 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.
British Dictionary definitions for electromagnetic
/ (ɪˌlɛktrəʊmæɡˈnɛtɪk) /
of, containing, or operated by an electromagnet: an electromagnetic pump
of, relating to, or consisting of electromagnetism: electromagnetic moment
of or relating to electromagnetic radiation: the electromagnetic spectrum
Derived forms of electromagnetic
- electromagnetically, adverb
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