electrodynamics

American  

[ih-lek-troh-dahy-nam-iks] / ɪˌlɛk troʊ daɪˈnæm ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. the branch of physics that deals with the interactions of electric, magnetic, and mechanical phenomena.

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electrodynamics British  

/ ɪˌlɛktrəʊdaɪˈnæmɪks /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) the branch of physics concerned with the interactions between electrical and mechanical forces

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electrodynamics Scientific  

/ ĭ-lĕk′trō-dī-năm′ĭks /

1. The scientific study of electric charge and electric and magnetic fields, along with the forces and motions those fields induce.

2. See also electromagnetism

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Etymology

Origin of electrodynamics

First recorded in 1820–30; electro- + dynamics

Example Sentences

That changed this May, when an employment agency placed Zhang in a temp-to-hire position as a technician at Quality Electrodynamics, a Mayfield Village, Ohio–based company that manufactures coils for MRI machines.

From Inc • Aug. 23, 2011

Plan, subject to stockholder approval, calls for Bell & Howell to distribute three additional shares for each four now held by its stockholders, then offer a share-for-share exchange with Consolidated Electrodynamics Corp.

From Time Magazine Archive

Consolidated Electrodynamics Corp., a precision instrument maker, set up a marketing and servicing subsidiary in Germany a year and a half ago, expects to expand the staff to 85 this year.

From Time Magazine Archive

The title of the first — "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" — did not begin to reflect its eventual significance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Called "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies," it is one of the most extraordinary scientific papers ever published, as much for how it was presented as for what it said.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson