electromagnetic pulse

English

Noun

electromagnetic pulse (plural electromagnetic pulses)

1. A short-duration burst of high-intensity electromagnetic radiation generated by a physical event, in particular by a large thermonuclear explosion in the atmosphere. The pulse causes a damaging surge of voltage within electrical and electronic systems.
2. Compton-recoil electrons and photoelectrons from photons scattered in the materials of a nuclear event causing electric and magnetic fields to couple with electrical and electronic systems to produce damaging current surges.

Synonyms

• nuclear magnetic pulse (NEMP)

Related terms

• EMP

Translations

short-duration burst of high-intensity electromagnetic radiation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電磁脈衝／电磁脉冲 (zh) (diàncí màichōng), 电磁脉冲 (zh) (diàncí màichōng)

• Finnish: sähkömagneettinen pulssi
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• Georgian: ელექტრომაგნიტური იმპულსი (elekṭromagniṭuri imṗulsi)
• Kurdish:
• Russian: электромагни́тный и́мпульс m (elektromagnítnyj ímpulʹs), ЭМИ (ru) m (EMI)