electromagnetic field

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

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  • It is well known, however, that this way of regarding the electromagnetic field leads to contradictions.

    Sidelights on Relativity | Albert Einstein

British Dictionary definitions for electromagnetic field

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

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