electromagnetic forces
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pluralof electromagnetic force.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
electromagnetic forcenounthe interaction between electrically charged particles, responsible for binding atoms and producing electromagnetic radiation, including visible light; the force exerted by electric and magnetic fields on charged particles.
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Physicists often describe electric current as electrons speeding through a material, pushed or redirected by electromagnetic forces as they move.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 15, 2026
Mathematical symmetries within the standard model suggest the weak and electromagnetic forces are different aspects of a single “electroweak” force.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 27, 2024
Or up the wood ladder of a half-century-old structure, built to plans specified by visitors from Venus, where electromagnetic forces will rejuvenate your cells.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
Their mentor nixed the idea because power lines generate electromagnetic forces that would interfere with the function of the sensors.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 3, 2019
However, on the small scales of atoms and molecules, electromagnetic forces dominate.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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