electromagnetic radiation

English

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

Noun

electromagnetic radiation (uncountable)

1. Radiation (quantized as photons) consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields oriented perpendicularly to each other, moving through space.
   • (Can we date this quote?), The Home-page for 'Electromagnetic Radiation Syndrome'‎^[1]:

     As the public hears the name EMR Syndrome repeated in various applications related to health effects, it will begin to link EMR/electromagnetic radiation to those health effects. Over time the meaning of EMR will take hold and be understood for the environmental threat it is.

Synonyms

• EMR (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

• gamma rays
• X-rays
• ultraviolet
• visible light
• infrared
• microwaves
• radio waves

Related terms

• electromagnetic pulse

Translations

radiation

• Afrikaans: elektromagnetiese straling
• Amharic: ኤሌክትሮመግነጢስ ጨረራ (ʾelektəromägnäṭis č̣ärära)
• Armenian: էլեկտրամագնիսական ճառագայթում (ēlektramagnisakan čaṙagaytʻum)
• Assamese: বিদ্যুৎ চুম্বকীয় বিকিৰণ (biiddut sumboki bikiron)
• Asturian: radiación electromagnético f
• Azerbaijani: elektromaqnit şüalanması
• Bashkir: электромагнит нурланыш (elektromagnit nurlanış)
• Basque: erradiazio elektromagnetikoa
• Belarusian: электрамагнітнае выпраменьванне n (eljektramahnitnaje vypramjenʹvannje)
• Bengali: তড়িৎ-চৌম্বকীয় বিকিরণ (toṛit-cōumbokiẏo bikiron)
• Bulgarian: електромагнитно излъчване n (elektromagnitno izlǎčvane)
• Catalan: radiació electromagnètica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電磁輻射 / 电磁辐射 (diàncí fúshè)

• Chuvash: электромагнитла пайӑркалав (elektromagnitla p̬ajărk̬alav)
• Czech: elektromagnetické záření n
• Danish: elektromagnetisk stråling
• Dutch: elektromagnetische straling (nl) f
• Esperanto: elektromagneta radiado
• Estonian: elektromagnetiline kiirgus
• Finnish: sähkömagneettinen säteily (fi)
• French: rayonnement électromagnétique (fr) m
• Galician: radiación electromagnética (gl) f
• Georgian: ელექტრომაგნიტური გამოსხივება (elekṭromagniṭuri gamosxiveba)
• German: elektromagnetische Strahlung (de) f
• Greek: ηλεκτρομαγνητική ακτινοβολία f (ilektromagnitikí aktinovolía)
• Hebrew: קרינה אלקטרומגנטית (he)
• Hindi: विद्युतचुंबकीय विकिरण (vidyutcumbkīya vikiraṇ)
• Hungarian: elektromágneses sugárzás (hu)
• Icelandic: rafsegulgeislun f
• Indonesian: radiasi elektromagnetik
• Interlingua: radiation electromagnetic
• Irish: astaíocht leictreamaighnéadach
• Italian: radiazione elettromagnetica (it) f
• Japanese: 電磁放射 (でんじほうしゃ, denjihōsha)
• Korean: 전자기복사 (jeonjagiboksa)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: radyasyona elektromagnetîk f

• Kyrgyz: электр-магниттик нурлануу (elektr-magnittik nurlanuu)
• Latvian: elektromagnētiskais starojums
• Lithuanian: elektromagnetinė spinduliuotė f
• Macedonian: електромагнетно зрачење n (elektromagnetno zračenje)
• Malayalam: വിദ്യുത്കാന്തിക പ്രസരണം (vidyutkāntika prasaraṇaṁ)
• Mongolian: цахилгаан соронзон цацрал (caxilgaan soronzon cacral)
• Nepali: विद्युतचुम्बकीय विकिरण (vidyutacumbakīya vikiraṇ)
• Norwegian: elektromagnetisk stråling c
• Persian: تابش الکترومغناطیسی (fa)
• Polish: promieniowanie elektromagnetyczne n
• Portuguese: radiação eletromagnética f
• Punjabi: ਇਲੈਕਟ੍ਰੋਮੈਗਨੈਟਿਕ ਰੇਡੀਏਸ਼ਨ (ilaikṭromaignaiṭik reḍīēśan)
• Romanian: radiație electromagnetică f
• Russian: электромагнитное излучение (ru) n (el'ektromagnítnoje izlučénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: elektromagnetsko zračenje n
• Slovak: elektromagnetické žiarenie n
• Slovene: elektromagnetno valovanje n
• Spanish: radiación electromagnética (es) f
• Swedish: elektromagnetisk strålning (sv) c
• Tagalog: radyasyong elektromagnetiko
• Tamil: மின்காந்தக் கதிர்வீச்சு (miṉkāntak katirvīccu)
• Thai: รังสีแม่เหล็กไฟฟ้า (rang-sǐi-mɛ̂ɛ-lèk-fai-fáa)
• Turkish: elektromanyetik radyasyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: електромагні́тне випромі́нювання n (elektromahnítne vypromínjuvannja)
• Urdu: برقناطیسی اشعاع
• Uzbek: elektromagnit nurlanish
• Vietnamese: bức xạ điện từ (輻射電磁), sóng điện từ (vi)
• Welsh: pelydriad electromagnetig (cy)

References

• electromagnetic radiation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia