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Electromagnetism - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Electromagnetism : (noun)
1: magnetism produced by an electric current; "electromagnetism
was discovered when it was observed that a copper wire
carrying an electric current can magnetize pieces of
iron or steel near it"
2: the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic
phenomena [syn: electromagnetics]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Electro-magnetism \E*lec`tro-mag"net*ism\, n.
The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the
science which treats of the development of magnetism by means
of voltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of
the currents evolved.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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