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Magnetism arising from electric charge in motion.
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Magnetism that is created by current flowing through a conductor.
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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. It was concluded that electrical and magnetic forces are intimately related, since a changing electric field produces a magnetic field, and vice versa.
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the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena
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One of the four fundamental forces in nature. Electricity and magnetism are two aspects of one force. Electric currents running along a wire produce magnetic forces, as in an electromagnet, and rotating magnets around a wire produce electricity.
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The union of electricity and magnetism, which do not exist as independent quantities, but are in reality two aspects of a single physical phenomenon.
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Deals with the relationship between electric power and magnetic fields and studies the forces and actions that are generated.
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The relationship between magnetic and electrical effects.
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Magnetism created by an electrical current or electricity flowing through a coil of wire wrapped around of iron
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The study of the effects of the relationship and interplay between a magnetic field and an electric current. For example the electrical creation of a magnetic field in a conductor.
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One of the main forces in nature. Electromagnetism is the glue of matter. The features of electricity and magnetism that we experience are the tip of the electromagnetic iceberg (p.67-83).
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The phenomenon of electricity and magnetism studied together.
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The generation of a magnetic field around a current-carrying conductor.
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The production of a magnetic field by current flowing in a conductor.(Basic Science/Electricity/electromagnetism.htm)
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The science dealing with the physical relationship between electricity and magnetism. The principle of an electromagnet, a magnet generated by electrical current flow, is based on this phenomenon.
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Relates to the magnetic field generated around a conductor when current is passed through it.
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Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field; a field encompassing all of space which exerts a force on particles that possess the property of electric charge, and is in turn affected by the presence and motion of those particles.
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