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A wave with both an electric and a magnetic component, at right angles to each other. The electric field will interact with any charged particles, the magnetic field will only interact with charged particles that are motion.
Ãâó: www.everyscience.com/Chemistry/Glossary/E.php
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| electromagnetic radiation |
Radiation considered as a wave of electric and magnetic energy traveling through a medium. In space it travels at the speed of light. It includes x rays and gamma rays.
Ãâó: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/ccrpb/publication/safety...
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| electromagnetic radiation |
travelling waves of electric and magnetic disturbance, capable of passing through empty space. Of the full electromagnetic spectrum, solar and terrestrial radiation are the most important components in meteorology.
Ãâó: www.advancedforecasting.com/weathereducation/weath...
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| electromagnetic radiation |
A kind of radiation including visible light, radio waves, infrared rays, gamma rays and x-rays in which electric and magnetic field vary simultaneously.
Ãâó: www.nmlites.org/standards/science/glossary_2.htm
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| electromagnetic radiation |
Another term for light, electromagnetic radiation transfers energy and information from one place to another, even through the vacuum of empty space.
Ãâó: astronomy.nju.edu.cn/astron/AT3/GLOSS_E.HTM
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