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electromagnetic unit(medicine)

electromagnetic (iou)



electromagnetic adjective. E19.
[from ELECTRO- + MAGNETIC.]
Of or pertaining to the interrelation of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields; having both electric and magnetic aspects or properties.
electromagnetic radiation: consisting of electromagnetic waves (e.g. light, radio waves, X-rays). electromagnetic spectrum the range of wavelengths or frequencies over which electromagnetic radiation extends. electromagnetic units a largely disused system of electrical units based on the force between two magnetic poles, assuming the permeability of the vacuum to be 1. electromagnetic wave a wave consisting of a travelling periodic fluctuation in both an electric and a magnetic field, these fields being at right angles to each other and to the direction of propagation of the wave.
electromagnetically adverb by means of electromagnetism L19.
e,lectro'magnetism noun electromagnetic phenomena and properties; the branch of physics that deals with these: E19.