electromagnetism
the phenomena associated with electric and magnetic fields and their interactions with each other and with electric charges and currents.
Also electromagnetics. the science that deals with these phenomena.
Origin of electromagnetism
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How to use electromagnetism in a sentence
The particles serve as building blocks of atoms and transmit crucial forces of nature, such as electromagnetism.
How physicists are probing the Higgs boson 10 years after its discovery | Emily Conover | June 29, 2022 | Science NewsHistorically, scientists have thought of electromagnetism and the weak force as different things.
If you shifted a fundamental value like the strength of electromagnetism, it would change the way stars form and potentially stop them from producing carbon—a necessary ingredient for life on Earth, the report says.
Our universe probably isn’t special enough to be in a multiverse | Leto Sapunar | February 10, 2022 | Popular-ScienceFeynman had won a Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work developing the first quantum theory of electromagnetism.
What Impossible Meant to Richard Feynman - Issue 108: Change | Paul J. Steinhardt | November 24, 2021 | NautilusVolkov studies the ways in which plants and electromagnetism interact.
Cold plasma could transform the sustainable farms of the future | Stephen Ornes | September 8, 2021 | Science News
Experiments have been made on the Paris and Lyons Railway for the application of electromagnetism to locomotives.
This is accomplished through the utilization of the phenomena of electromagnetism.
Edison, His Life and Inventions | Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford MartinHe was appointed Professor of Physics in this university, and here he made his first great discovery in electromagnetism.
The Story of Great Inventions | Elmer Ellsworth BurnsOersted, of Copenhagen, made important discoveries in electromagnetism.
The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 | VariousIf you remember what has been said about sound and electromagnetism it will not be hard to understand.
Electricity and Magnetism | Elisha Gray
British Dictionary definitions for electromagnetism
/ (ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm) /
magnetism produced by an electric current
Also called: electromagnetics the branch of physics concerned with magnetism produced by electric currents and with the interaction of electric and magnetic fields
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Scientific definitions for electromagnetism
[ ĭ-lĕk′trō-măg′nĭ-tĭz′əm ]
Any of the wide range of phenomena associated with the behavior and interaction of electric charges and electric and magnetic fields, such as electricity, magnetism, chemical bonds, and all forms of electromagnetic radiation, including light.
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