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ELECTROMAGNETIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion
Example:
electromagnetic energy
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
electromagnetism (magnetism produced by an electric current)
Derivation:
electromagnetism (the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena)
electromagnetism (magnetism produced by an electric current)
Context examples:
They give off radio-frequency energy (RF), a form of electromagnetic radiation.
(Electromagnetic Fields, NIH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
Issue associated with a measure of electromagnetic radiation from equipment.
(Electromagnetic Interference Associated with Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)
A charted band of wavelengths of electromagnetic vibrations.
(Electromagnetic Spectrum, NCI Thesaurus)
Electromagnetic radiation can vary in strength from low energy to high energy.
(Electromagnetic radiation, NCI Dictionary)
Electromagnetic radiation which does not produce ions in matter through which it passes.
(Nonionizing Radiation, NCI Thesaurus)
An electronic device designed to vary the frequency, amplitude, or phase of an electromagnetic signal.
(Modulator Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
Benoit Louppe is a chemist technician specialised in the study of these electromagnetic waves.
(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)
These particles, along with electromagnetic energy that accompanies them, can also cause auroras, while changes in the magnetic field can induce currents that damage power grids.
(Space Weather Events Linked to Human Activity, NASA)
An electromagnetic device designed to convert movement to an electric signal.
(Pickup Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
A physical phenomenon involving the interaction of atomic nuclei placed in an external magnetic field with an applied electromagnetic field oscillating at a particular frequency.
(Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, NCI Thesaurus)
