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electromagnetism definition

electro·mag·net·ism (-mag′nə tiz′əm)

noun

  1. magnetism produced by an electric current
    1. the interaction between a magnetic field and an electric field
    2. the phenomena produced by such an interaction
  3. the branch of physics that deals with electricity and magnetism

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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