electromagnetic field

noun

Electricity.

1. the coupled electric and magnetic fields that are generated by time-varying currents and accelerated charges.

electromagnetic field

noun

1. a field of force associated with a moving electric charge equivalent to an electric field and a magnetic field at right angles to each other and to the direction of propagation

Example Sentences

The researchers traced the SHG distortion to optostriction, a process in which the electromagnetic field of light applies a mechanical force on atoms.

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Most earlier studies of superradiance assumed that light-matter coupling dominates, modeling the entire atomic group as one large "giant dipole" connected to the cavity's electromagnetic field.

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“My own efforts during the past four decades have been dedicated to rescuing the founders from the electromagnetic field we have constructed around them,” he writes.

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They identify how fluid moves through rocks by pulsing an electromagnetic field into the earth.

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"The metallic tip acts like an antenna and focusses the electromagnetic field in a tiny area below its apex."

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