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Electromagnetism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Electromagnetism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
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

3

A unified fundamental force that combines the aspects of electricity and magnetism and is one of the four fundamental forces. (technically it can be unified with weak nuclear to form electroweak) Its gauge boson is the photon.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
magnetism physics
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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