The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Unlike ordinary matter, dark matter does not interact with light or electromagnetic forces, making gravity the only known way to detect its presence.
From Science Daily ● May 19, 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
Eventually there would be what is called a phase transition and the symmetry between the forces would be broken: the strong force would become different from the weak and electromagnetic forces.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
