electromagnetic field
the coupled electric and magnetic fields that are generated by time-varying currents and accelerated charges.
- Compare Maxwell's field equations.
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Devices in the room could then pull power from the resulting electromagnetic field.
Xiaomi’s long-range wireless charger shows a glimpse of a cord-free future | Stan Horaczek | February 1, 2021 | Popular-ScienceA magnetron creates an electromagnetic field that reverses polarity billions of times a second, showering food with waves that cause its water and fat molecules to constantly reorient themselves.
The kitchen of the future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe plan is to convert electricity from the solar cells into energy waves and use electromagnetic fields to transfer them down to an antenna on the Earth’s surface.
Solar Power Stations in Space Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Needs | Amanda Jane Hughes | November 27, 2020 | Singularity HubScientists suspected that the electromagnetic fields could then become strong enough to reroute and slow down particles, causing them to pile up into a shock wave.
Giant lasers help re-create supernovas’ explosive, mysterious physics | Emily Conover | November 12, 2020 | Science NewsSome neuroscientists have long considered the brain’s oscillating electromagnetic fields to be interesting but merely “epiphenomenal” features of the brain—like a train whistle on a steam-powered locomotive.
Are the Brain’s Electromagnetic Fields the Seat of Consciousness? - Facts So Romantic | Tam Hunt | October 27, 2020 | Nautilus
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
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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