electromagnetism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French électro-bor.

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.

Latin ēlectrum

Latin electro-bor.

English electro-

Old French magnetebor.

Pre-Greekbor.?

Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs)

Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor.

Latin magnēsbor.

Middle English magnete

English magnet

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English magnetism

English electromagnetism

From electro- + magnetism.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ēlĕktrŏmägnĕtĭzm
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˌlɛk.tɹəʊˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪzm̩/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪˌlɛk.tɹoʊˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪzm̩/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ɪˌlek.tɹəʉˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪzm̩/, /ɪˌlek.tɹɐʉˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪzm̩/

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Noun

electromagnetism (usually uncountable, plural electromagnetisms)

1. (physics) A unified fundamental force that combines the aspects of electricity and magnetism and is one of the four fundamental forces.
2. (physics) Electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study.

   Synonym: electromagnetics

Derived terms

• bioelectromagnetism
• gravitoelectromagnetism
• nanoelectromagnetism

Translations

fundamental interaction

• Albanian: elektromagnetizëm m
• Arabic: كهرومغناطيسية f (kahrūmiǧnātīsiyya)
• Asturian: electromagnetismu m
• Basque: elektromagnetismo
• Belarusian: электрамагнеты́зм m (eljektramahnjetýzm)
• Bengali: তড়িচ্চুম্বকত্ব (toṛiccumbokotto)
• Bulgarian: електромагнети́зъм m (elektromagnetízăm)
• Catalan: electromagnetisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電磁學 / 电磁学 (zh) (diàncíxué), 電磁 / 电磁 (zh) (diàncí)

• Czech: elektřina a magnetismus m, elektromagnetismus m
• Danish: elektromagnetisme (da)
• Dutch: elektromagnetisme (nl)
• Esperanto: elektromagnetismo
• Finnish: sähkömagnetismi (fi)
• French: électromagnétisme (fr) f
• Galician: electromagnetismo (gl) m
• Georgian: ელექტრომაგნეტიზმი (elekṭromagneṭizmi)
• German: Elektromagnetismus (de) m

  Alemannic German: elektromagnetismus m

• Greek: ηλεκτρομαγνητισμός (el) m (ilektromagnitismós)
• Hebrew: אלקטרומגנטיות (he) (elektromagnitism)
• Hindi: विद्युतचुंबकत्व m (vidyutcumbkatva)
• Hungarian: elektromágnesség (hu)
• Icelandic: rafsegulfræði
• Ido: elektromagnetismo m
• Indonesian: elektromagnetisme (id)
• Interlingua: electromagnetismo m
• Irish: leictreamaighnéadas m
• Italian: elettromagnetismo (it) m
• Japanese: 電磁気学 (ja) (でんじきがく, denjikigaku), 電磁気 (ja) (でんじき, denjiki) (force)
• Kannada: ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ಕಾಂತತೆ (vidyutkāntate)
• Korean: 전자기(電磁氣) (ko) (jeonjagi), 전자기학(電磁氣學) (jeonjagihak) (study)
• Latin: elecromagnetismus m
• Latvian: elektromagnētisms m
• Lithuanian: elektromagnetizmas m
• Luxembourgish: elektromagnetismus m
• Macedonian: електромагнети́зам m (elektromagnetízam)
• Maltese: elettromanjetiżmu m
• Māori: autōhiko
• Marathi: विद्युतचुंबकत्व (vidyutcumbkatva)
• Norman: êtromanniétisme f (continental Normandy)
• Norwegian: elektromagnetisme m
• Persian: الکترومغناطیس (fa) (elektromaġnâtis)
• Polish: elektromagnetyzm (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: eletromagnetismo (pt) m
• Romanian: electromagnetism (ro) n
• Russian: электромагнети́зм (ru) m (elektromagnetízm)
• Sicilian: electromagnetismu m
• Slovak: elektromagnetizmus m
• Slovene: elektrika in magnetizem m
• Spanish: electromagnetismo (es) m
• Swedish: elektromagnetism (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagibalnian, kadagibalnian
• Tamil: மின் காந்தவியல் (miṉ kāntaviyal)
• Telugu: విద్యుదయస్కాంతత్వం (vidyudayaskāntatvaṁ)
• Thai: แม่เหล็กไฟฟ้า (mɛ̂ɛ-lèk-fai-fáa)
• Turkish: elektromanyetizma (tr)
• Ukrainian: електромагнети́зм m (elektromahnetýzm)
• Vietnamese: điện từ học

See also

• electromagnetism on Wikiquote.Wikiquote

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French électromagnétisme. By surface analysis, electro- +‎ magnetism or electromagnet +‎ -ism.

Noun

electromagnetism n (uncountable)

1. (physics) electromagnetism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	electromagnetism	electromagnetismul
genitive-dative	electromagnetism	electromagnetismului
vocative	electromagnetismule