electromagnetic radiation

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Electromagnetic waves – a self-propagating transverse oscillating wave of electric and magnetic fields

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electromagnetic radiation (uncountable)

  1. Radiation (quantized as photons) consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields oriented perpendicularly to each other, moving through space.

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  • EMR (abbreviation)

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