electromagnetic field

American  

noun

Electricity.

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

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electromagnetic field British  

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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Example Sentences

They do not change unless the symmetry of the entire material is altered, either by reshaping the crystal itself or by applying an electromagnetic field.

From Science Daily

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

From Science Daily

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.

From Science Daily

“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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From BBC