electromagnetic unit

electromagnetic unit

n. Abbr. EMU

Any of various systems of units for electricity and magnetism based on a system of equations in which the permeability of free space is taken as unity and by means of which the abampere is defined as the fundamental unit of current.

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electromagnetic unit

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(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) any unit that belongs to a system of electrical cgs units in which the magnetic constant is given the value of unity and is taken as a pure number Abbreviations EMU e.m.u Compare electrostatic unit

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electromagnetic unit

Any of various units, such as the abampere and the stilb, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units to describe electric and magnetic field strengths, electric current strengths, and other quantities associated with electromagnetism.

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electromagnetic unit - any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism emu unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume" capacitance unit - a measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge charge unit, quantity unit - a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows) conductance unit - a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge current unit - a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time elastance unit - the reciprocal of capacitance field strength unit - an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity flux density unit - a measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area inductance unit - a measure of the property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it light unit - a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation magnetomotive force unit - a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force potential unit - a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground) power unit - a measure of electric power radioactivity unit - a measure of radioactivity resistance unit - the reciprocal of conductance