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electromagnetic forces

  • plural
    of electromagnetic force.
    electromagnetic force
    noun
    the 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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