electromagnetic

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

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adjective

of or relating to electromagnetism or electromagnetic fields.

Origin of electromagnetic

First recorded in 1815–25; electro- + magnetic

Related formse·lec·tro·mag·net·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for electromagnetic

Contemporary Examples

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
An 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
Here 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 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
In the case of the electromagnetic force, a panacea was found in 1947, excising infinity to reveal finite, correct, answers.
Finding Higgs Boson, or God Particle, Will Resolve Scientific Mysteries
Frank Close
December 17, 2011

Historical Examples

Apply the first two laws of electromagnetic induction to the dynamo.
Physics
Willis Eugene Tower
It clung to it with an electromagnetic train, bleeding it of data.
First on the Moon
Jeff Sutton
That will stop most electromagnetic radiation, but not this stuff!
Operation Terror
William Fitzgerald Jenkins
The dynamo is a machine which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction.
Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One
Nehemiah Hawkins
The fitness of this definition is apparent, having in mind the principles of electromagnetic induction.
Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One
Nehemiah Hawkins

British Dictionary definitions for electromagnetic

electromagnetic

adjective

of, containing, or operated by an electromagnetan electromagnetic pump
of, relating to, or consisting of electromagnetismelectromagnetic moment
of or relating to electromagnetic radiationthe electromagnetic spectrum

Derived Formselectromagnetically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for electromagnetic

adj.

1821; see electro- + magnetic.

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Examples from the Web for electromagnetic

Contemporary Examples

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.

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.

In the case of the electromagnetic force, a panacea was found in 1947, excising infinity to reveal finite, correct, answers.

Historical Examples

Apply the first two laws of electromagnetic induction to the dynamo.

It clung to it with an electromagnetic train, bleeding it of data.

That will stop most electromagnetic radiation, but not this stuff!

The dynamo is a machine which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction.

The fitness of this definition is apparent, having in mind the principles of electromagnetic induction.

electromagnetic

Word Origin and History for electromagnetic

adj.

Origin of electromagnetic