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electromagnetic field

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electromagnetic field
n.
The field of force associated with electric charge in motion, having both electric and magnetic components and containing a definite amount of electromagnetic energy.

electromagnetic field
n
(Physics / General Physics) a field of force associated with a moving electric charge equivalent to an electric field and a magnetic field at right angles to each other and to the direction of propagation


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Polzik of the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, and their colleagues teleported traits of a dim laser pulse, including the strength of its electromagnetic field, onto a cloud of 1 trillion cesium atoms.
Another example is instead of having a physical sensor on electromagnetic valve actuators, signals from the electromagnetic field generated could be used by software to "sense" the position of the valve without a physical sensor.
To solve this problem, OMRON developed a new type of antenna technology that can electronically control the electromagnetic field emitted from the reader.
 
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