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electromagnetic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ɪˌlɛk.tɹoʊ.mæɡˈnɛ.tɪk/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to electromagnetism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • electromagnetic energy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From electro- + magnetic or electromagnet + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аелектромагниттә (ajelekʼtʼromagnitʼtwʼ) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Arabic: كَهْرُومِغْنَاطِيسِيّ (kahrūmiḡnāṭīsiyy) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Armenian: էլեկտրամագնիսական (ēlektramagnisakan) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Asturian: electromagnéticu — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Belarusian: электрамагні́тны (eljektramahnítny) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Bulgarian: електромагни́тен (elektromagníten) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Catalan: electromagnètic — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電磁 /电磁 (diàncí) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Czech: elektromagnetický — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Danish: elektromagnetisk — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Dutch: elektromagnetisch — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Finnish: sähkömagneettinen — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • French: électromagnétique — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Galician: electromagnético — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Georgian: ელექტრომაგნიტური (elekṭromagniṭuri) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Georgian: ელექტრომაგნეტიკური (elekṭromagneṭiḳuri) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • German: elektromagnetisch — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Greek: ηλεκτρομαγνητικός (ilektromagnitikós) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Hindi: विद्युतचुंबकीय (vidyutcumbkīya) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Hungarian: elektromágneses — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Irish: leictreamaighnéadach — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Italian: elettromagnetico — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Japanese: 電磁気の (denjiki no) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Japanese: 電磁の (denji no) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Kazakh: электромагниттік (élektromagnittık) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Korean: 전자기의 (jeonjagi-ui) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Northern Kurdish: karomiqnatisi — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Kyrgyz: электромагниттик (elektromagnittik) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Latvian: elektromagnētisks — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Lithuanian: elektromagnetinis — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Macedonian: електромагнетен (elektromagneten) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Māori: autōhiko — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Mongolian: цахилгаан соронзон (caxilgaan soronzon) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠣᠷᠢᠨᠵᠢᠨ (čaqilɣan sorinǰin) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: elektromagnetisk — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: elektromagnetisk — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Occitan: electromagnetic — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Persian: الکترومغناطیسی (elektromaġnâtisi) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Polish: elektromagnetyczny — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Portuguese: eletromagnético — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Romanian: electromagnetic — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Russian: электромагни́тный (elektromagnítnyj) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Sanskrit: विद्युच्चुम्बकीय (vidyuccumbakīya) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Scots: electromagnetic — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Serbo-Croatian: електрома̀гне̄тскӣ — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Serbo-Croatian: elektromàgnētskī — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Slovak: elektromagnetický — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Slovene: eléktromagnétski — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Spanish: electromagnético — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Swedish: elektromagnetisk — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Tagalog: dagibalniin — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Thai: แม่เหล็กไฟฟ้า (mɛ̂ɛ-lèk-fai-fáa) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Turkish: elektromanyetik — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Ukrainian: електромагні́тний (elektromahnítnyj) — pertaining to electromagnetism
  • Vietnamese: điện từ — pertaining to electromagnetism
Real reading context

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