electromagnetism

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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. 2
   noun

   the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena

3. 3
   noun

   A unified fundamental force that combines the aspects of electricity and magnetism and is one of the four fundamental forces.

4. 4
   noun

   Electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study.

From electro- + magnetism.

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