Definition of Electromagnetic wave

1. Noun. Radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge.


Definition of Electromagnetic wave

1. Noun. (physics) electromagnetic radiation, such as light and radio waves ¹

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Medical Definition of Electromagnetic wave

1. A wave of electric and magnetic fields that can move through space. Particles which make up the waves are called photons. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electromagnetic Wave

electromagnetic energy
electromagnetic field
electromagnetic fields
electromagnetic flowmeter
electromagnetic force
electromagnetic induction
electromagnetic interaction
electromagnetic intrusion
electromagnetic lens
electromagnetic pulse
electromagnetic radiation
electromagnetic spectra
electromagnetic spectrum
electromagnetic unit
electromagnetic units
electromagnetic wave (current term)
electromagnetic waves
electromagnetically
electromagnetics
electromagnetism
electromagnetohydrodynamics
electromagnets
electromagnon
electromagnons
electromechanical
electromechanical device
electromechanical dissociation
electromechanically
electromechanics

Literary usage of Electromagnetic wave

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Light by Robert Alexander Houstoun (1915)
"Find an expression for the energy in one ware- length, given that the magnetic intensity is specified by (1) Show that, when an electromagnetic wave passes ..."

2. The Theory and Practice of Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism by Andrew Gray (1893)
"Velocity of electromagnetic wave deduced from Theory of Motion of Energy. ... electromagnetic wave ..."

3. Electromagnetic Theory by Oliver Heaviside (1893)
"In the above very little has been said about the distribution of electric and magnetic force from part to part of an electromagnetic wave. ..."

4. Electromagnetic Theory of Light by Charles Emerson Curry (1905)
"Wave-Functions and electromagnetic wave-Functions. — In the preceding chapter we have sought solutions of the equation of wave-motion ~J& = "S^72<^ J not ..."

5. Electric Waves: An Advanced Treatise on Alternating-current Theory by William Suddards Franklin (1909)
"An electromagnetic wave is a state of ether distortion and a state of ether ... An electromagnetic wave may be either bounded, or free in the same way that ..."

6. Electric Waves: An Advanced Treatise on Alternating-current Theory by William Suddards Franklin (1909)
"An electromagnetic wave is a state of ether distortion and a state of ether ... An electromagnetic wave may be either bounded, or free in the same way that ..."

7. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"An electromagnetic wave will on striking s wall of ordinary conducting material be ... The equation for penetration of an electromagnetic wave into a cot- ..."

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