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.

Hyponyms

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

Related terms

• electromagnetic pulse

Translations

radiation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電磁輻射, 电磁辐射 (diàncí fúshè)

• Czech: elektromagnetické záření n
• Finnish: sähkömagneettinen säteily (fi)
• German: elektromagnetische Strahlung (de) f
• Greek: ηλεκτρομαγνητική ακτινοβολία f (ilektromagnitikí aktinovolía)
• Hungarian: elektromágneses sugárzás (hu)
• Italian: radiazione elettromagnetica f
• Japanese: 電磁放射 (でんじほうしゃ, denjihōsha)

• Norwegian: elektromagnetisk stråling c
• Portuguese: radiação eletromagnética f
• Romanian: radiație electromagnetică f
• Russian: электромагнитное излучение (el'ektromagnítnoje izlučénije) n
• Spanish: radiación electromagnética (es) f
• Swedish: elektromagnetisk strålning (sv) c
• Turkish: elektromanyetik radyasyon
• Vietnamese: bức xạ điện từ (輻射電磁)
• Welsh: pelydriad electromagnetig (cy)

References

• electromagnetic radiation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia