Electromagnetic
[ɪ,lektrə(ʊ)mæg'netɪk] or [ɪ,lɛktromæɡ'nɛtɪk]
Definition
(adj.) pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion; 'electromagnetic energy' .
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Examples
- This device not only worked with great rapidity, but was extremely sensitive, and would respond to currents too weak to affect the most delicate electromagnetic relay. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If the direction of flow of current be reversed, by reversing the battery, the electromagnetic polarity also reverses and the end of the permanent magnet swings over to the other side. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This energy is transmitted through the free ether in waves, which are known as electromagnetic waves. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In America, in 1840, Morse had taken out his first patent on an electromagnetic telegraph, the principle of which is dominating in the art to this day. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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