Hypertext Webster Gateway: "electromagnetic"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Electro-magnetic \E*lec`tro-mag*net"ic\, a.
Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is
developed by the passage of an electric current.

{Electro-magnetic engine}, an engine in which the motive
force is electro-magnetism.

{Electro-magnetic theory of light} (Physics), a theory of
light which makes it consist in the rapid alternation of
transient electric currents moving transversely to the
direction of the ray.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

electromagnetic
adj : pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric
charge in motion; "electromagnetic energy"


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